plague spot

Definitions

1. 1

   A spot on the skin that is characteristic of the plague or of a similar disease.

   • But no plague-spot appeared, and when Steb woke up in the afternoon and demanded something to eat, it was pretty evicent that he was merely suffering from a feverish cold.
   • The first victim died 6 September after three days of illness when he developed swellings in the groin and neck and the fatal token, the plague spot.
2. 2

   A location where plague is active.

   • He notes that South Elmham deanery 'appears to have been a plague spot', but regrettably he supplies no reason for its unenviable condition.
   • However, with the growth of young animals, the gerbils visit neighboring burrows and the plague spot therefore expands.
3. 3

   A location that is a plague or scourge

   A location that is a plague or scourge; a place of corruption and degeneracy.

   • He is the human hyena and moral leper who runs the scurrilous, venal, unspeakable rag around on Fifth Avenue, a creature whose base, degraded nature has made him a portable plague spot wherever he goes.

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