generic for "miser," 1940, from curmudgeonly character in Dickens' 1843 story "A Christmas Carol." It does not appear to be a genuine English surname; in dictionaries it is an 18c. variant of scrounge.
scrofula
scrofulous
scroggy
scroll
scrollwork
Scrooge
scrotum
scrounge
scrub
scrubby
scruff
