to take a sickie

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• Take a sickie — to take time off work , with the reason of sickness, when one is well and just is going fishing or something he does in good health …   Dictionary of Australian slang

• take a sickie — Australian Slang to take time off work , with the reason of sickness, when one is well and just is going fishing or something he does in good health …   English dialects glossary

• sickie — sick‧ie [ˈsɪki] noun [countable] informal throw a sickie , pull a sickie when you say that you are ill and do not go to work, even though you are not really ill: • He was so fed up that he decided to throw a sickie instead of going into the… …   Financial and business terms

• sickie — [[t]sɪ̱ki[/t]] sickies N COUNT If someone takes a sickie, they take a day off work saying that they are ill, especially when they are not actually ill. [INFORMAL] Broughton took a sickie on Monday to paint his fence …   English dictionary

• sickie — I Australian Slang day off sick from work II Kiwi (New Zealand Slang) as in Throw a sickie : to take time off work officially for illness, but more likely for a fun day! From Peter …   English dialects glossary

• sickie — as in Throw a sickie : to take time off work officially for illness, but more likely for a fun day! From Peter …   Kiwi (New Zealand slang)

• Chuck a sickie — take the day off sick from work when you re perfectly healthy …   Dictionary of Australian slang

• throw a sickie — If you pretend to be ill to take a day off work or school, you throw a sickie …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• throw a sickie —    If you pretend to be ill to take a day off work or school, you throw a sickie.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Throw a sickie —   If you pretend to be ill to take a day off work or school, you throw a sickie …   Dictionary of English idioms

• throw a sickie — verb To take a day off from work, supposedly because of ill health. The illness could be either real or feigned …   Wiktionary