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Thorn In Ones Side

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noun

• a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal

• any epidemic disease with a high death rate

• a persistently annoying person

• any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.

31%10 A thorn in one's side
noun

• an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating

31%10 Become a thorn in someone's side
verb

• act in opposition to

• provoke the hostility of

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New York Times19 Feb 1988 Down 35
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