Micawber

/ (mɪˈkɔːbə) /

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noun

a person who idles and trusts to fortune

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Derived forms of Micawber

Micawberish, adjectiveMicawberism, noun

Word Origin for Micawber

C19: after a character in Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield (1850)

Words nearby Micawber

mib, mic, mica, micaceous, Micah, Micawber, Miccosukee, mic drop, mice, micelle, Mich.

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How to use Micawber in a sentence

My Baronite can almost hear Mr. Micawber's voice choked by a sob as he declaimed this last sentence.
Punch, Or the London Charivari Volume 107, November 24, 1894|Various
But the defeat of Heep and Micawber's departure belong to the days of my manhood.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol III|Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.
How Mr. Micawber's heart would have glowed over this realisation in colossal figures of his cherished principle!
Punch, or the London Charivari, May 13, 1914|Various
One pictures to oneself an eighteenth-century Mr. Micawber, buoyant and impecunious.
The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century|Charles Bastide

It is better to know Micawber than not to know the minor worries that arise out of knowing Micawber.
Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens|G. K. Chesterton