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Typhoid mary Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ary

Typhoid mary has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

A person who carries and spreads a dangerous disease, especially one who refuses to cooperate to minimize the risk of infection.

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Rhyming Words
ary bary vary mary dary gary cary wary nary fary viary neary weary spary ovary snary teary hoary leary beary
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