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Typhoid Mary Definition

Typhoid Mary

noun

  1. a person who is a carrier of typhoid
  2. a person who spreads any kind of disease, infection, or corruption

Etymology: orig. nickname for Mary Mallon (died 1938), typhoid-carrying cook in New York

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