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Meanings of scrooge in английском
Synonyms
Examples for "churl"
Examples for "churl"
1
My heart lurched with anger; the churl might have lowered his voice.
2
In that case I cannot be such a churl as to refuse.
3
I should be a churl if I did not tell you so.
4
But he is a mannerless churl, we will not think of him.
5
My kinswoman could have received no greater kindness at the churl's hands.
1
Would proper ink cost the old skinflint ninepence more per gallon, perhaps?
2
Because I know you, and know that you are a regular skinflint.
3
It was a skinflint document, and here are a couple of quotations:-
4
This old skinflint is opening his bosom and handing me a knife.
5
They do say you are a skinflint, yes, and a hard man.
1
Be doubly careful of those to whom nature has been a niggard.
2
Miss Grandon might be queer and unsocial, but she was no niggard.
3
She was a niggard in things which did not concern herself.
4
But money is distributed with a niggard hand, and only once a year.
5
Praise or blame of its contriver, shown a niggard or profuse
Usage of scrooge in английском
1
No doubt he was emboldened by the merciless performances of his scrooge-like bowling attack so far in this series.
2
Australian wages have barely moved in the past five years and it's not because your boss is a scrooge.
3
It is not that I am a Luddite, more of a scrooge, which I think is the same for many people.
4
It is Scrooge;- aconvertedScrooge; and I, I suppose, am Tiny Tim.
5
Obviously, Disney already had their own ready-to-cook central character in Scrooge McDuck.
6
So what did his friend John French do for this seasonal Scrooge?
7
Scrooge knew the men, and looked towards the Spirit for an explanation.
8
Scrooge looked about him for the Ghost, and saw it no more.
9
There it stood, years afterwards, above the warehouse door: Scrooge and Marley.
10
Sometimes people new to the business called Scrooge Scrooge, and sometimes Marley.
11
And Magoo's Scrooge hits all the high points of any Christmas Carol.
12
As Scrooge looked fixedly at this phenomenon, it was a knocker again.
13
With that capability, he installed a malicious program he wrote, called Scrooge.
14
Scrooge fell upon his knees, and clasped his hands before his face.
15
Up Scrooge went, not caring a button for its being very dark.
16
Where before they had a Santa Claus now they have a Scrooge.
Frequent collocations
Scrooge through the time