Mallon

[ mal-uhn ]

noun

1. Mary Typhoid Mary, 1869?–1938, U.S. cook, born in Ireland: known immune carrier of typhoid fever who infected many with the disease, institutionalized in 1914.

Example Sentences

Mallon said arthritis is a concern anytime a fracture affects a joint, such as the ankle.

From Washington Post

Over the course of four years I read everything I could about Mary Mallon and the servant class in turn-of-the-century New York.

From The Daily Beast

Mary Mallon has an understandable reaction when she receives news that she is carrying typhoid fever.

From The Daily Beast

But they are the themes suggested by Mallon's time travel into the period and the vicinity of the gay anti-communist right.

From The Daily Beast

Since the middle 1990s, Mallon has published a series of novels set in the American past.

From The Daily Beast

You see, I like to ask questions, and Mr. Mallon always gave me the straight answer.

From Project Gutenberg

Ar' oun d pepeismetha tn ontn hekast dynamin tin' hyparchein, h tn oikeian helkei poiotta, to men mallon, to d' htton?

From Project Gutenberg

Pg 70Greek text iss phsousin hoi ap' Asklpiadou, mallon d' ouk iss, alla pants apistein erousin, hina m prodsi ta philtata.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Mallon's work was so good, indeed, that I personally assigned him to tasks of peculiar difficulty.

From Project Gutenberg

The men looked at each other, then the big one said: "I'm sure you did the best you could, Dr. Mallon."

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