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charlie mc·car·thy
\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷məˈkär]thē, -kȧ], ]thi also ]d.ē or ]tē or -i\ noun
(plural charlie mccarthys)
Usage: usually capitalized 1st C&M&3dC
Etymology: after Charlie McCarthy, ventriloquist's dummy made famous by Edgar Bergen b1903 American ventriloquist & comedian
: 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 > |