What does "charlie mccarthy" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "charlie mccarthy"?

Common synonyms include: agent, appliance, contrivance, creature, device, dummy.

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Noun

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A person under the control of another; a puppet or mouthpiece. dated
"For the next thirty minutes, I was kind of a prop, his Charlie McCarthy, as he explained some of the things about the building."

"For the next thirty minutes, I was kind of a prop, his Charlie McCarthy, as he explained some of the things about the building."

After Charlie McCarthy, the dummy of ventriloquist Edgar Bergen.