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Meaning of Charlie McCarthy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

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Examples

For the next thirty minutes, I was kind of a prop, his Charlie McCarthy, as he explained some of the things about the building.”
The president has perfected his role as politics' answer to ventriloquist Edgar Bergenusing the Democrats as his Charlie McCarthy.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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