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    Where did the term 'Pollyanna' come from?

    Question #6858. Asked by rc. (Oct 10 00 9:13 PM)


    billfay

    		From the 1913 novel 'Pollyanna' by Eleanor Porter. Pollyana had a tendency to find good in everything.

    Oct 10 00, 9:50 PM

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