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A person who is poor but eternally optimistic, believing that something will turn up, like the fictional character Wilkins Micawber in the 1850 Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield.

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Micawber

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Micawber

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/mɪˈkɒbər/

Noun

A person who is poor but eternally optimistic, believing that "something will turn up", like the fictional character Wilkins Micawber in the 1850 Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield.

Japanese Meaning

（小説『デイヴィッド・コパーフィールド』のウィルキンス・マイクオーバーに因む表現で）貧乏だが常に楽観的で、いつか何か良いことが起こると信じる人。

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Despite his constant debts, Jonathan remained a Micawber among his friends, always insisting that something would turn up.

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ジョナサンは常に借金があったが、友人たちの中では貧しくても常に「何とかなる」と信じる楽観的な人物で、いつもそう言い張っていた。

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A person who is poor but eternally optimistic, believing that "something will turn up", like the fictional character Wilkins Micawber in the 1850 Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield.

As it is I see Destitution and Despair ahead of me, and have begun an epitaph in the Micawber style for my future grave in the precincts of my native County's jail.

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