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ˈsick-list
[sick a. 10 b.]
An official list of sick persons, esp. soldiers or sailors.
1748Smollett Rod. Rand. I. xxvii. 246 After the captain came on board, our first mate..went to wait on him with a sick list. 1794Nelson 10 Oct. in Nicolas Disp. (1845) I. 495 Our Sick-list is now seventy-seven, almost all objects for the Hospital. 1834Marryat P. Simple (1863) 211 As I could not appear on the quarter-deck, I was put down on the sick-list. 1841Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1883) 233, I intend to keep myself on the sick-list this one day longer. 1883‘Mark Twain’ Life on Miss. 309 Which one numbered the biggest sick-list? 1951Sport 27 Jan.-2 Feb. 4/2 With Flewin, Thompson and Spence all cluttering up the Fratton sick-list, Jack volunteered his services in the pivotal position.
Hence sick-listed a., placed on the sick-list.
1891in Cent. Dict. |