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Reportedly modern, from the time of plague (8)

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nuisance

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(Other definitions for nuisance that I've seen before include "It causes inconvenience or annoyance" , "Source of irritation, person or thing" , "Annoying person/thing" , "Trouble" , "Pest or irritation" .)

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