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Sick list   /sɪk lɪst/   Listen
Sick list

noun
1.
A list of those who are ill (e.g. on a warship or in a regiment etc).





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"Sick list" Quotes from Famous Books



... scurvy-grass, berries, and many other vegetables in great abundance; for to this I impute the healthiness of my ship's company, not a single man being affected with the scurvy in the slightest degree, nor upon the sick list for any other disorder, notwithstanding the hardship and labour which they endured in the passage, which cost us seven weeks and two days, as we entered the streight on Sunday the 17th of February, and quitted it on Tuesday the 9th of April. Wood and water are also to be procured ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 12 • Robert Kerr


Words linked to "Sick list" :   list, listing


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