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A Writer's Dictionary:

sickies Definition


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sickie
noun sickies
    (originally Austral & NZ)
    1. colloq
      A day's sick leave, often without the person actually being ill.
    (N Amer)
    2. A sick person, either mentally or physically.
Etymology: 1950s.



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