Carnac
Americannoun
noun
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Anyway, when the Capitals and the Rangers met again on Wednesday, with Wilson still allowed on the ice, one didn't have to be Carnac the Magnificent to figure out what would happen next.
From Fox News ● May 6, 2021
Anyway, when the Capitals and the Rangers met again on Wednesday, with Wilson still allowed on the ice, one didn’t have to be Carnac the Magnificent to figure out what would happen next.
From Washington Times ● May 6, 2021
The reign of Johnny Carson, trail-blazer and tyrant, is long over; to the most coveted demographics, "Heeeerrrreeee's Johnny" is more likely to evoke Jack Nicholson in "The Shining" than the Great Carnac.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2015
David Letterman’s top ten lists; Arsenio Hall’s woofing, fist-pumping audience; Johnny Carson’s Carnac the Magnificent: These are the elements that end up serving as shorthand for a show’s governing sensibility.
From Slate ● May 10, 2015
I’m going to stick to Wheal Carnac, Miss Penwynn, and if one is only last on the list it will be something.”
From The Vicar's People by George Manville Fenn
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