Charlie McCarthy
noun
Charlie Mc·Car·thy
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|thi also |tē or |tē or -i
plural Charlie McCarthys
: one under the complete domination of another often while enjoying apparent independence : stooge, yes-man, dummy
uses him as a Charlie McCarthy to prove that even a schoolboy can see through the fallacious arithmetic of the opposition
Elmer Davis
Elmer Davis
Word History
Etymology
after Charlie McCarthy, ventriloquist's dummy made famous by Edgar Bergen born 1903 American ventriloquist & comedian