TYPHOID MARY


Meaning of TYPHOID MARY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

( plural Typhoid Marys )

Etymology: Typhoid Mary, nickname of Mary Mallon died 1938 Irish cook in United States who was found to be a typhoid carrier

Date: 1931

: one that is by force of circumstances a center from which something undesirable spreads

the Typhoid Marys of the epidemics

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.