单词 | sick note |
释义 | > as lemmassick note sick note n. a note confirming a person's absence from work, school, etc., due to illness, esp. a formal certificate signed by a doctor for an employer. ΚΠ 1836 Central Criminal Court: Minutes of Evid. 3 672 I was absent from duty on the 27th—I had been unwell, and was absent four or five days by a sick note. 1877 Hampshire Tel. & Sussex Chron. 28 Feb. 3/3 There was a very great difficulty in getting these sick notes signed by the surgeons of regiments. 1982 O. Clark Diary 23 Feb. (1998) 115 Ordered to bed for a week and given a sick note. 2010 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 340 1303/2 She telephoned the surgery asking for a sick note as she was unable to get to work. < as lemmas |
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