English Explanatory Dictionary

Charlie McCarthy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person under the control of another; a puppet or mouthpiece.

Word forms

Charlie McCarthy

Etymology

After Charlie McCarthy, the dummy of ventriloquist Edgar Bergen.

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