I believe in the 1800s ‘liberal’ also meant generous. It would have been ‘very liberal’ of Scrooge to give Cratchit some extra days off at Christmas, in the Am

I believe in the 1800s ‘liberal’ also meant generous. It would have been ‘very liberal’ of Scrooge to give Cratchit some extra days off at Christmas, in the American vernacular at that time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal,_Kansas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal,_Kansas