plague spot
/ˈpleɪɡ spɒt/noun
1A spot on the skin symptomatic of the bubonic plague or of another plague-like illness.
2Specifically figurative. An evil or undesirable person regarded as a symptom of the diseases of society.
3A place associated with bubonic plague.
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Gataker (1574–1654), Church of England clergyman and scholar. From plague + spot adverb.
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