sickienoun
uk/ˈsɪk.i/us/ˈsɪk.i/UK informalthrow a sickie
to say to your employer that you are ill when you are not so that you do not have to go to your place of work for a day:
I just didn't feel like work so I threw a sickie.
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Time off
- absentee
- Boxing Day
- break
- career break
- comp time
- compassionate leave
- holiday
- hols
- legal holiday
- parental leave
- paternity leave
- public holiday
- R and R
- recess
- skive
- take sth off
- tea break
- time off in lieu
- toil
- weekend
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