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Charlie McCarthy

noun
Charlie Mc·​Car·​thy | \ -kȧ| |thi also |tē or |tē or -i\
plural Charlie McCarthys

Definition of Charlie McCarthy

: 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

History and Etymology for Charlie McCarthy

after Charlie McCarthy, ventriloquist's dummy made famous by Edgar Bergen born 1903 American ventriloquist & comedian

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