sick list

American  

noun

1. a list of persons who are sick.

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idioms

1. on the sick list, in poor health; not well; ill.

sick list British  

noun

1. a list of the sick, esp in the army or navy

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Etymology

Origin of sick list

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

Now & then he put one of them on the sick list.

From Time Magazine Archive

Swept into office by a landslide vote, the dumpling-shaped doctor decided that only a daring gamble would ever get Okayama off the economic sick list.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a typical month, dozens of them wind up on the sick list as a result of diabetes, birth complications, infected teeth, or any one of a score of other problems, including injuries from fighting.

From Time Magazine Archive

Politically, Joe McCarthy this week was indeed on the sick list.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hobson is the only one upon the sick list; but he is able to walk about and does duty.

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold