sickie
Example Sentences
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"Whether it's dropping points against Belarus, whether it's a sickie, there's doubt there," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025
And it may be a good thing that the couple are planning early retirement, as the Daily Star reveals they "threw a sickie" as they celebrated their windfall.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2016
Dad often threw a sickie once he had the cash out of his wage packet and the day would be spent at the miner's welfare club with my granddad.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2015
She was working as an office clerk when she pulled a week-long sickie to compete in a rally alongside Moss.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2015
Kaczynski made it clear that he would do anything, even fire his attorneys, to keep them from portraying him as a "sickie."
From Time Magazine Archive
