noun (plural ~s) Etymology: ~, 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
TYPHOID MARY
Meaning of TYPHOID MARY in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012