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Which of these eponyms, derived from the name of a character created by Charles Dickens, is not correctly matched with its definition?
Question 1:
Which of these eponyms, derived from the name of a character created by Charles Dickens, is not correctly matched with its definition?
A.
Scrooge - a stingy, miserly person
B.
Pickwickian - haughty, conceited
C.
Gradgrind - a person interested only in cold facts
D.
Fagin - an adult who instructs children in crime
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