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McCarthy   /məkˈɑrθi/   Listen
McCarthy

noun
1.
United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989).  Synonyms: Mary McCarthy, Mary Therese McCarthy.
2.
United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists (1908-1957).  Synonyms: Joseph McCarthy, Joseph Raymond McCarthy.



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"Mccarthy" Quotes from Famous Books



... of humor in our daily life, often emphasized by scientists and philosophers, has been well summarized by Justin McCarthy in an article "Humor ...
— More Toasts • Marion Dix Mosher

... which included among its contributors Hilaire Belloc, G. K. Chesterton, J. S. Phillimore, E. C. Bentley, Wells, Shaw, Katharine Tynan, Desmond McCarthy, F. Y. Eccles, G. S. Street—to name only those who come first to mind—obviously stood high. Cecil Chesterton's own editorials, Hugh O'Donnell's picturesque series Twenty Years After, the high level of the reviewing and (oddly enough, considering the paper's outlook) the financial articles ...
— Gilbert Keith Chesterton • Maisie Ward

... were disorganized because some were rich and some weren't, the game being what it was, and the difference in viewpoint between a rich and a non-rich writer makes McCarthy and ...
— The Mighty Dead • William Campbell Gault

... Zealand.[10] For the first time in the whole course of history the administration of Irish affairs is placed in the hands of an Irish Ministry, in the selection of which the Imperial Parliament has no hand or concern whatever. Mr. McCarthy, Mr. Healy, Mr. Redmond, Mr. Davitt, any leader, known or unknown, loyal or disloyal, who commands the confidence of the Irish Legislature, or, as I will venture to term it, the Irish Parliament,[11] will naturally become the Premier of Ireland, and, together with his colleagues, will ...
— A Leap in the Dark - A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the - Bill of 1893 • A.V. Dicey

... that stole the dog-team an' wint over the Pass in the dead o' winter for to see where the world come to an ind on the ither side, just because old Matt McCarthy was afther tellin' her ...
— A Daughter of the Snows • Jack London


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