TYPHOID MARY


Meaning of TYPHOID MARY in English

Function: noun

Inflected Form: plural Typhoid Marys

Etymology: Typhoid Mary, nickname of Mary Mallon † 1938 Irish cook in U.S. 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 Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.