micawberish
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Micawber (mɪˈkɔːbə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a person who idles and trusts to fortune | |
| [C19: after a character in Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield (1850)] | |
| Mi'cawberish | |
| —adj | |
| Mi'cawberism | |
| —n | |
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