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Typhoid Mary

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Typhoid Mary

▶noun (pl. Typhoid Marys) informal a transmitter of undesirable opinions or attitudes.

– origin the nickname of Mary Mallon (died 1938), an Irish-born cook who transmitted typhoid in the US.

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