Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uncle scrooge

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables: un-cle scrooge
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"It is an anomaly of our times that an Uncle Sam spending at a rate of some $128 billion yearly should become an Uncle Scrooge in the treatment of government workers!"

Etymology

From a Disney character, named in reference to Charles Dickens' fictional miser Ebenezer Scrooge.

Inflected Forms

Uncle Scrooges (plural)

Phrases

Scrooge McDuck

Frequently Paired Words

Scrooge McDuck scrooge

Questions

What does uncle scrooge mean?: A rich miser.
Where does uncle scrooge come from?: From a Disney character, named in reference to Charles Dickens' fictional miser Ebenezer Scrooge.

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