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