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Typhoid Mary

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Ty·phoid Mary  (tfoid)
n.
A person from whom something undesirable or deadly spreads to those nearby.
[From the nickname of Mary Mallon.]
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Noun1.Typhoid Mary - United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938)Typhoid Mary - United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938)
Mallon, Mary Mallon
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