CHARLIE MCCARTHY


Meaning of CHARLIE MCCARTHY in English

| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷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 b 1903 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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.