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MARY MALLON

Pronunciation (US):

• MARY MALLON (noun)
The noun MARY MALLON has 1 sense:

1. United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938)

Familiarity information: MARY MALLON used as a noun is very rare.

• MARY MALLON (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Mallon; Mary Mallon; Typhoid Mary

Instance hypernyms:

carrier; immune carrier ((medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others)

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(Arabic proverb)
"Even fleas want to cough."
(Corsican proverb)

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