Micawber

Micawber
Micawber as a type of a childishly impractical man living in optimistic fantasy, from the character of Wilkins Micawber in Dickens' "David Copperfield" (1850).
"I am at present, my dear Copperfield, engaged in the sale of corn upon commission. It is not an avocation of a remunerative description -- in other words it does not pay -- and some temporary embarrassments of a pecuniary nature have been the consequence. I am however delighted to add that I have now an immediate prospect of something turning up ...."

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  • Micawber — can refer to: Wilkins Micawber, a character in David Copperfield, a novel by Charles Dickens A noun, meaning One who is poor but lives in optimistic expectation of better fortune, from the Dickens character Micawber (television), a 2001 ITV drama …   Wikipedia

  • Micawber — noun Etymology: Wilkins Micawber, character in the novel David Copperfield (1849 50) by Charles Dickens Date: 1852 one who is poor but lives in optimistic expectation of better fortune • Micawberish adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Micawber — noun fictional character created by Charles Dickens; an eternal optimist • Syn: ↑Wilkins Micawber • Instance Hypernyms: ↑fictional character, ↑fictitious character, ↑character …   Useful english dictionary

  • Micawber (TV series) — Micawber is a 2001 ITV comedy drama series starring David Jason. It was written by John Sullivan, based upon the character of Wilkins Micawber from Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield, although the storylines were original. Sullivan had… …   Wikipedia

  • Micawber — a character in the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. He is always in financial difficulties, but remains hopeful that ‘something will turn up’ to solve his problems without his having to make any effort himself. He is usually associated …   Universalium

  • MICAWBER —    a character in David Copperfield, a schemer whose schemes regularly came to grief, yet who always wakes up after his depression, and hopes something will turn up to his advantage …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Micawber — Mi|caw|ber, Mr a character in the book David Copperfield (1849 50) by Charles ↑Dickens. Many people think that he is based on Dickens s own father. He is put in prison because he owes money and cannot pay it, but he is always happy and spends any …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • micawber — mi·caw·ber …   English syllables

  • micawber — A kind but ineffective optimist, who means well but is useless …   Grandiloquent dictionary

  • Mr Micawber — ➡ Micawber * * * …   Universalium

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