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Optimistic one
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pollyanna
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"one who finds cause for gladness in the most difficult situations," 1921, a reference to Pollyanna Whittier, child heroine of U.S. novelist Eleanor Hodgman Porter's "Pollyanna" (1913) and "Pollyanna Grows Up" (1915), who was noted for keeping her chin ...
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pollyanna is a best-selling 1913 novel by Eleanor H. Porter that is now considered a classic of children's literature , with the title character's name becoming a popular term for someone with the same very optimistic outlook. Also, the subconscious bias ...
Usage examples of pollyanna.
I was no Pollyanna when I came here, knew an inner-city hospital would always be struggling to balance the books.
To-day, even, to Pollyanna's huge delight, she had said that she was glad Pollyanna brought calf's-foot jelly, because that was just what she had been wanting—.
Chilton, as Pollyanna found out one day when a hard cold shut her up in the house.
And neither the talking nor the weeping grew less when fast on the heels of the news itself, came Nancy's pitiful story that Pollyanna, face to face with what had come to her, was bemoaning most of all the fact that she could not play the game.
And Pollyanna, looking into his face, wondered why there were tears in his eyes.
Hell, he was calling Sam Sam instead of SpongeBob or Pollyanna or one of those other humiliating nicknames that he usually used.
And then the young fellow laughed shamefacedly and glanced at the clock-" I was wondering just how soon I could go back -to Pollyanna.
One just can't stay grumpy, with Miss Pollyanna, even if you're only one of a trolley car full of folks that don't know her.
Pollyanna, following the direction of her aunt's last dismayed gaze, saw, through the open windows of the sun parlor, the horse and gig turning into the driveway.
It's for Pollyanna, and I'd walk over hot coals for her, or face you, or—.