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Bob Cratchit

Bob Cratchit noun: a humble and poor man, often a clerk or money manager for a more wealthy man.

bob cratchit: a humble and poor man, often a clerk or money manager for a more wealthy man
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Noun

Bob Cratchit (plural Bob Cratchits)

  1. A humble and poor man, often a clerk or money manager for a more wealthy man.
    • Though Beth and Britt don't have much money, the Bob Cratchit of this little story needs to sue Quicken to track their investments.2006, Stephen L. Nelson, Quicken 2007 For Dummies, Wiley, page 219
    • There, too, is the poor merchant's clerk, the Bob Cratchit of a rather better kind, who slaves in a merchant's office from nine till six, and often until late in the night, for a wretched pittance of thirty shillings a-week!1863, Edmund Hodgson Yates, After Office-hours, Ward and Lock, page 190

Forms of Bob Cratchit

pluralBob Cratchits

Origin of Bob Cratchit

After the character from Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol.

Questions about Bob Cratchit

What does Bob Cratchit mean?
Bob Cratchit means a humble and poor man, often a clerk or money manager for a more wealthy man.
What part of speech is Bob Cratchit?
Bob Cratchit is a noun.
What is the plural of Bob Cratchit?
The plural of Bob Cratchit is Bob Cratchits.

Words near Bob Cratchit in the dictionary

  1. boatyards
  2. Boaz
  3. bob
  4. Bob Andy pie
  5. Bob Andy pies
  6. Bob Cratchit
  7. bob cut
  8. bob cuts
  9. bob haircut
  10. bob haircuts
  11. Bob Hope

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