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Eleanor Hodgman Porter (1868—1920)

 

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Pollyanna


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An excessively cheerful or optimistic person, from the name of the optimistic heroine created by Eleanor Hodgman Porter (1868–1920), American author of children's stories.

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Pollyanna (1913)
in The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7) Length: 49 words
Pollyanna
in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2) Length: 26 words
Pollyanna
in The Oxford Companion to American Literature (6) Length: 9 words

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