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| Ty·phoid Mar·y (plural Ty·phoid Mar·ys) |
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1. an offensive term for somebody who spreads a disease or is held to be responsible for spreading it
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2. an offensive term for somebody who spreads something undesirable such as pessimism or bad news, and is generally avoided
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| [Early 20th century. Nickname of Mary Mallon (d. 1938), Irish-born cook in the United States who was found to be a typhoid carrier] |
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