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Definition Typhoid Mary in American English

Typhoid Mary noun

[countable] noun

From an Irish woman in the U.S. in the 19th century who is thought to have spread the typhoid disease wherever she went.

1

an insulting word for someone who you avoid because they spread something unpleasant or harmful to the people around them

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Definition Typhoid Mary in American English