pollyanna
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pollyanna noun
- One who is persistently cheerful and optimistic, even when given cause not to be so.“You call her an optimist, but I call her an obnoxious Pollyanna.”
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polly annapolly-annapolyannapollyannaannepollielowannapninapolidoraphilomenahannapaulinenaomimollypaulina
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