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I am a sucker for new beginnings, an eternal Micawberish optimist that things “will turn up,” but I confess to have welcomed 2022 with an uncharacteristic case of malaise.

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2022

When Charles was two the family moved to London, where he had two years' schooling before Micawberish bankruptcy overtook his father, landed him in Marshalsea Prison for debt.

From Time Magazine Archive

The son of a "frustrated gallant with Micawberish business instincts," Jones was raised in Hollywood, where he worked occasionally as a child extra in Mack Sennett comedies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Along with its legislative record, each Congress writes its own short hand label: innovative or standpat, Micawberish or Scroogian, spineless or rebellious.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has boundless faith in himself, and a Micawberish confidence in the future.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham