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- proper noun Common misspelling of
Pollyanna .
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Examples
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(There is a certain Polyanna quality to her behavior: and there we have yet another character whose name remains famous though most people haven’t read the book — though certainly Disney has intervened on her behalf.)
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Hayley Mills' filmography spans diverse styles of filmmaking from Disney classics, like Polyanna and The Parent Trap, to British New Wave features, such as Whistle and The Family Way.
Penelope Andrew: First Choice for Lolita, Hayley Mills, Attends Rare Screening of Whistle Down the Wind in Hollywood, Cult Classic Comes to BAM Penelope Andrew 2011
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In the 1920s, Mary Pickford continued to score more box-office hits with Polyanna (1920) and Little Lord Fauntleroy (1922).
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Polyanna-ish about the prospects for peace; I wanted to see if I believed in such glimmers even in the bloodiest place in the conflict.
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She recalled working on Polyanna 1960, the only film that overwhelmed her.
Penelope Andrew: First Choice for Lolita, Hayley Mills, Attends Rare Screening of Whistle Down the Wind in Hollywood, Cult Classic Comes to BAM Penelope Andrew 2011
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Sylvia, it seems your Polyanna hat seems finally to be falling off.
Supernatural: Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid - Pink Raygun.com 2010
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"Until the fall of 2008 we were in our Polyanna phase," said the DSO's chief executive, Anne Parsons.
Top players fall silent as Detroit Symphony Orchestra fights for survival Ed Pilkington in Detroit 2010
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When the future gets here, it will be different than we imagine it, and there is a fine chance, I have a dark angel Polyanna suspicion that it might actually be good.
Anis Shivani: What Is the State of American Poetry? Leading American Poets Speak 2010
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And I don't mean to be Polyanna-ish about this, but it really was kind of like a gene turned on and here were new levels of happiness that I had not experience before.
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And I don't mean to be Polyanna-ish about this, but it really was kind of like a gene turned on and here were new levels of happiness that I had not experience before.
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