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

What is certain is the sick list puts them second behind Bournemouth in the Premier League injury table.

From The Guardian

She was joined on the sick list by Venus Williams, who has a virus.

From The Guardian

Combine these cuts with the rapid privatisation the Guardian reports this week and expect to find the NHS on the political sick list.

From The Guardian

"The fact is, my wife is on the sick list again; and as I'm at a loose end, I've come round to ask if you could give me a bit of supper."

From Project Gutenberg

All the men, excepting a few on the sick list, were out after the stock, when the captain and some other men came running into camp as fast as their horses could carry them.

From Project Gutenberg