| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002. |
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| (PLAYG) A highly contagious disease, such as bubonic plague, that spreads quickly throughout a population and causes widespread sickness and death. | 1 |
| ‡ The term is also used to refer to widespread outbreaks of many kinds, such as a “plague of locusts.” | 2 |
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| | | The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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