But those Labour MPs who take a Micawberish atitude to their prospects seem pretty likely to be disappointed.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference

Imposing financial discipline on the USA as a whole -- on a Micawberish country that forgot the concept of "affordable".    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Vladimir A. Masch: Compensated Free Trade] Reference

Aristide threw back his head, and laughed at the exquisite humour of the hypothesis, and gaily disclosed his Micawberish situation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol] Reference

Those who criticised the fixation on whether the number was negative or positive as Micawberish -- basically, Terry McCrann -- miss the point utterly: we're in a vicious circle where bad news will further undermine confidence, leading to further bad news.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crikey » Canberra Calling] Reference

Indeed, many believe that if only the United States toned down its consumerist culture and its households tried to stay within a monthly budget instead of having a Micawberish optimism about the future, and if only Chinese households stopped fearing Armageddon and started spending more, all would be well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christian Science Monitor | All Stories] Reference

THANKS TO THE fact that I’ve had nearly seventy jobs in Hollywood—some of them, admittedly, very small jobs: just a week here or a week there, polishing somebody else’s script—I’ve developed a kind of Mr. Micawberish confidence that, when Diana and I need screen work, it will somehow appear.    From Wordnik.com.  [HOLLYWOOD] Reference

Micawberish confidence in the future.    From Wordnik.com.  [Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3] Reference