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- noun A
scrooge ; amiser .
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Examples
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"This would be like a film studio trademarking the character name" Ebenezer Scrooge "for all media (no one has) and then no one could perform" A Christmas Carol "on a stage, TV, in a film, radio, etc without first securing the right to use the name from the trademark owner," a critic emails me.
Gawker 2010
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"This would be like a film studio trademarking the character name" Ebenezer Scrooge "for all media (no one has) and then no one could perform" A Christmas Carol "on a stage, TV, in a film, radio, etc without first securing the right to use the name from the trademark owner," a critic emails me.
Gawker 2010
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Bolt was the first film to be made from the start for 3D and a deal has been signed with Imax for a Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge which is scheduled for release at the end of this year.
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Every year someone decides that they are going to produce the definitive charming twist on the Dickens classic, featuring some modern-day star of the moment portraying an updated version of Ebenezer Scrooge.
Keli Goff: The Best of the Very Worst Christmas Movies Keli Goff 2011
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Every year someone decides that they are going to produce the definitive charming twist on the Dickens classic, featuring some modern-day star of the moment portraying an updated version of Ebenezer Scrooge.
Keli Goff: The Best of the Very Worst Christmas Movies Keli Goff 2011
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The Heritage Foundation's Robert Rector, whose philosophy for decades now regarding the poor can be summed up with Ebenezer Scrooge's line: "Are their no prisons?"
Joseph A. Palermo: The Perils for Obama of Not Talking About Poverty in America Joseph A. Palermo 2011
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The Heritage Foundation's Robert Rector, whose philosophy for decades now regarding the poor can be summed up with Ebenezer Scrooge's line: "Are their no prisons?"
Joseph A. Palermo: The Perils for Obama of Not Talking About Poverty in America Joseph A. Palermo 2011
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Every year someone decides that they are going to produce the definitive charming twist on the Dickens classic, featuring some modern-day star of the moment portraying an updated version of Ebenezer Scrooge.
Keli Goff: The Best of the Very Worst Christmas Movies Keli Goff 2011
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To describe the mortal agonies I believed myself to be suffering every time she drew attention to Murray's first-serve stats, exclaimed at a mis-hit, or passed comment on the greenness of his shirt, would embarrass both of us; suffice it to say, I retreated into an irascible, miserly silence that channelled the Grinch, Silas Marner and Ebenezer Scrooge into one flawless and potentially infinite sulk.
Pain of watching sport that I will never die happy | Emma John 2011
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Every year someone decides that they are going to produce the definitive charming twist on the Dickens classic, featuring some modern-day star of the moment portraying an updated version of Ebenezer Scrooge.
Keli Goff: The Best of the Very Worst Christmas Movies Keli Goff 2011
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