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MCCARTHY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908-1957)

Synonyms:

Joseph McCarthy; Joseph Raymond McCarthy; McCarthy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)

Synonyms:

Mary McCarthy; Mary Therese McCarthy; McCarthy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Credits

 Context examples: 

Mr. McCarthy was very anxious that there should be a marriage between us.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There is a strong presumption that the person whom McCarthy expected to meet him at Boscombe Pool was someone who had been in Australia.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Yes,” said Holmes, answering the look rather than the words. “It is so. I know all about McCarthy.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. McCarthy was the only man alive who had known dad in the old days in Victoria.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And then the incident of the grey cloth seen by young McCarthy.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I think that I see my way to clearing James McCarthy,” said Holmes.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That McCarthy senior met his death from McCarthy junior and that all theories to the contrary are the merest moonshine.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Well, now, in considering this case there are two points about young McCarthy’s narrative which struck us both instantly, although they impressed me in his favour and you against him.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

These are young McCarthy’s feet.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was an old friend of McCarthy’s, and, I may add, a great benefactor to him, for I have learned that he gave him Hatherley Farm rent free.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)