as in miser
a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money
we've ended up treating that penny-pincher to dinner three times and she's never once offered to pay
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miser
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Rather than just a simple miser, this movie portrays Scrooge as more of a ruthless businessman who believes he’s justified in his actions, making the character more relatable and redemptive.—
Janey Tracey,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Dec. 2025 -
And while those are all central elements of the story, most people forget that the transformation of the most famous miser in literary history, Ebenezer Scrooge, hinges on an incident with a young caroler that Scrooge recalls fairly early in the 1843 novella.—
Steve Palopoli,
Mercury News,
13 Dec. 2025
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“Penny-pincher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penny-pincher. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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