No one was more Micawberesque than Candide.
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Micawberesque
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It would be merely feckless to frame American choices about China on the Micawberesque hope that something will turn up, or that China will turn down.
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Within the Murdstone and Grinby period, for all its miseries, David on occasion shows glimpses of a Micawberesque sprightliness - notably when he goes to order himself a celebratory glass of the best ale: '...just draw me a glass of the Genuine Stunning, if you please, with a good head to it'.
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