Pollyanna
- Proper noun. (given name, female) derived from Polly and Anna; rare in the real world.
- Proper noun. The eponymous protagonist in a book by Eleanor Porter.
- Proper noun. (context, by extension) A person who is persistently cheerful and optimistic, even when given cause not to be so.
- Proper noun. (colloquial) A term used in southeastern Pennsylvania to refer to a Secret Santa gift exchange.
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