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English
Etymology
From sick + -ie, from sick leave.
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Noun
sickie (plural sickies)
- (originally Australia, UK, slang) A day, or time, off work due to (supposed) illness.
2021 July 9, Hannah Jane Parkinson, “The sickie may be a guilty pleasure, but sometimes you just need a duvet day”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:Sickies are when one really is sick, but, y’know, probably not to the extent that merits a day off. It’s the exaggerated head cold. It’s the sore throat overdramatised by a theatrical croak.
- (slang) A person who is unwell.
1984, Victor Bumbalo, Niagara Falls and Other Plays, page 163:I'll tell you why, because I'm a sickie! But I'm getting cured.
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Translations
a day, or time, off work due to supposed or feigned illness
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