on sick list
sick list
noun
Idioms 1.
a list of persons who are sick.
2.
on the sick list, in poor health; not well; ill.
Origin:
1785–95
1785–95
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| sick list | |
| —n | |
| a list of the sick, esp in the army or navy | |
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