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sick·ie

(sĭk′ē)

n. Slang

A deranged, psychotic, or morbidly obsessed person.

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sickie

sickee

(Industrial Relations & HR Terms) informal a day of sick leave from work, whether for genuine sickness or not

[C20: from sick¹ + -ie]

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sick•ie

(ˈsɪk i)

n. Slang.

one who is deranged or perverted.

[1965]

Translations

sickie

[ˈsɪki] n → arrêt m maladie
to take a sickie → prendre un arrêt maladie, se faire porter malade

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sickie

n (Brit, Austral inf) → Krankentag m; to take a sickie → einen Tag krankfeiern (inf)

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When broken down by industry, the financial and insurance services sector saw the highest rates of sickies in the north west.

18 per cent of north west employees admitted to 'pulling a sickie' in 2017

A ROOKIE police officer who pulled three "sickies" to go and watch horse racing has been sacked.

PC sacked for 'sickies'

The medical association (PIS) on Tuesday urged authorities to co-operate to stamp out sickies in the public sector, asking for suspicious cases to be referred to them for investigation.

Medical association calls for cooperation to curb abuse of sickies

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THE North East has been shamed in a survey which claims workers pull more sickies than anywhere else after Christmas parties.

Honest skivers report

A POLICE chief has warned officers that taking sickies because they have a hangover is not acceptable.

Top cop's warning on hangover sickies; InBrief

Men are more likely to take a day off to nurse a sore head - making up 44 percent of sickies compared to 34 percent in women.

Women better than men at pulling a sickie from work

A HEALTH board are to carry out a mass sacking of about 200 staff who were probed for pulling sickies.

200 sacked over NHS staff sickies

Managers in the UAE are getting worried that productivity could decline in the next few weeks as staff throw 'sickies' to watch their country play in the World Cup.

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Sickies, pull yourselves together and get back to work.

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There needs to be a sick leave system in place which clamps down on costly sickies being taken.

Voice of the IRISH SUNDAY Mirror: Cure for sick leave could save schools

co.uk survey also highlights the top five, often scandalous, reasons that we offer our employers when validating our sickies: