Uncle Scrooge

From a Disney character, named in reference to Charles Dickens' fictional miser Ebenezer Scrooge.

Uncle Scrooge (plural Uncle Scrooges)

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

     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!

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