plague spot

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plague spot

noun plague spots

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.
Similar: God's token
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.
figuratively A location that is a plague or scourge; a place of corruption and degeneracy. Suffice it that all that is most worthless in Europe may be seen gathered round the gaming-tables at Monte Carlo. The artist who did these drawings has been there. Well, I thank Heaven we have no such plague-spot in this fair England of ours.

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@misc{plague_spot_2026,
  title = {plague spot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/plague%20spot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}