sick-out

noun

a form of industrial action in which all workers in a factory, etc, report sick simultaneously

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I saw the hospital burning, but I do not know whether they moved the sick out or not before they burned it.

Drusy, did you care fur thet man thet's sick out ter the camp—your—husban'?

Now you know that much, you can see why we felt pretty sick out there in my barn.

They found one man who tended the sick out of charity and the labor was too great for even his broad shoulders.

They would even take the sick out of their beds, steal their bedding, and beat and kick the wretched sufferers.

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