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Uncle Scrooges

Uncle Scrooges is the plural of Uncle Scrooge.

Meaning of Uncle Scrooge

Noun

Uncle Scrooge (plural Uncle Scrooges)

  1. A rich miser.
    • 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!1967, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, “Federal Pay Legislation: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, first session”, in parliamentary debates, U.S. Congress, page 282

Questions about Uncle Scrooges

What is Uncle Scrooges the plural of?
Uncle Scrooges is the plural of Uncle Scrooge.

Words near Uncle Scrooges in the dictionary

  1. Uncle Ned
  2. Uncle Neds
  3. Uncle Sam
  4. Uncle Scam
  5. Uncle Scrooge
  6. Uncle Scrooges
  7. Uncle Sham
  8. Uncle Shmuel
  9. Uncle Sucker
  10. Uncle Sugar
  11. Uncle Thomas

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