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Pollyanna
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Pol·ly·an·na  (pl-n)
n.
A person regarded as being foolishly or blindly optimistic.
[After the heroine of the novel Pollyanna, by Eleanor Hodgman Porter (1868-1920), American writer.]
Pollyanna [ˌpɒlɪˈænə]
n
a person who is constantly or excessively optimistic
[after the chief character in Pollyanna (1913), a novel by Eleanor Porter (1868-1920), US writer]
Translations
Pollyanna [pɒlɪˈænə] N → optimista mf redomado/a
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