McCarthy

[muh-kahr-thee]

noun

Cor·mac,

[kawr-mak, ‐muh k] /ˈkɔr mæk, ‐mək/, born 1933, U.S. novelist.

Joseph R(aymond),1909–57, U.S. politician.

Joseph Vincent,1887–1978, U.S. baseball manager.

Mary (Therese),1912–1989, U.S. novelist and memoirist.

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Examples from the Web for mccarthy

Contemporary Examples of mccarthy

Such was the corrosive paranoia of the time, fueled by McCarthy and abetted by Hoover.
I Saw Nuclear Armageddon Sitting on My Desk
Clive Irving
November 10, 2014
Spirituality, after all, is not as marketable as sex appeal, so maybe the media-savvy McCarthy is exposing a true vulnerability.
Jenny McCarthy: I Am Not Anti-Vaccine
Lloyd Grove
October 24, 2014
McCarthy, who used to self-identify as a Democrat, now calls herself an Independent.
Jenny McCarthy: I Am Not Anti-Vaccine
Lloyd Grove
October 24, 2014
But McCarthy parlayed her naked ambition into a pretty fabulous career.
Jenny McCarthy: I Am Not Anti-Vaccine
Lloyd Grove
October 24, 2014
McCarthy wore a virginal white wedding dress for the occasion.
Jenny McCarthy: I Am Not Anti-Vaccine
Lloyd Grove
October 24, 2014

Historical Examples of mccarthy

"Ye must pay a pinny or ilse put your forefinger in," says McCarthy.
The Stark Munro Letters
J. Stark Munro
When he has departed for his nap, McCarthy and I get to work on the medicine.
The Stark Munro Letters
J. Stark Munro
McCarthy is said to have been "an accomplished man with a fine presence."
Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II)
Edmund Downey
I called McCarthy, one of the French garçons, and asked him the cause of the conflict.
The Four Million
O. Henry
After gazing up for a moment, McCarthy turned slowly to face Dick.
Wanted--7 Fearless Engineers!
Warner Van Lorne

British Dictionary definitions for mccarthy

McCarthy

noun

Cormac. born 1933, US writer; his novels include Suttree (1979), Blood Meridian (1985), All the Pretty Horses (1992), No Country for Old Men (2005) and The Road (2006)

Joseph R (aymond). 1908–57, US Republican senator, who led (1950-54) the notorious investigations of alleged Communist infiltration into the US government

Mary (Therese). 1912–89, US novelist and critic; her works include The Group (1963)

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