scrooge

verb (used with or without object), scrooged, scroog·ing.

1. scrouge.

noun

1. Eb·e·ne·zer [eb-uh–nee-zer] /ˌɛb əˈni zər/, a miserly curmudgeon in Dickens’ Christmas Carol.
2. (often lowercase) any miserly person.

noun

1. a mean or miserly person

n.generic for “miser,” 1940, from curmudgeonly character in Dickens’ 1843 story “A Christmas Carol.” It does not appear to be a genuine English surname. Cf. scrounge.