sickout
an organized absence from work by employees on the pretext of sickness, as to avoid the legal problems or antistrike clauses that would be invoked in the case of a formal strike.
Origin of sickout
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How to use sickout in a sentence
I saw the hospital burning, but I do not know whether they moved the sick out or not before they burned it.
Reports of the Committee on the Conduct of the War | United States SenateDrusy, did you care fur thet man thet's sick out ter the camp—your—husban'?
Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 | VariousNow you know that much, you can see why we felt pretty sick out there in my barn.
Swatty | Ellis Parker ButlerThey found one man who tended the sick out of charity and the labor was too great for even his broad shoulders.
The Garden of Eden | Max BrandThey would even take the sick out of their beds, steal their bedding, and beat and kick the wretched sufferers.
American Prisoners of the Revolution | Danske Dandridge
British Dictionary definitions for sick-out
/ US and Caribbean /
a form of industrial action in which all workers in a factory, etc, report sick simultaneously
(intr, adverb) to take part in such action
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