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sickout

[ sik-out ]
/ ˈsɪkˌaʊt /
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noun
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.
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Origin of sickout

1950–55; probably sick1 + (walk)out

Words nearby sickout

sickly, sickness, sickness benefit, sick note, sicko, sickout, sick pay, sickroom, sick to one's stomach, sic passim, sic semper tyrannis
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British Dictionary definitions for sickout

sick-out
/ US and Caribbean /
noun
a form of industrial action in which all workers in a factory, etc, report sick simultaneously
verb sick out
(intr, adverb) to take part in such action
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