"sickee" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: sickees [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps sick + -ee; perhaps a variant of sickie. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|sick|ee}} sick + -ee Head templates: {{en-noun}} sickee (plural sickees)
  1. (informal, rare) A person who is unwell. Tags: informal, rare
    Sense id: en-sickee-en-noun-2HL~TVP- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ee

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2007, Ramon Carver, Best and Worst Travels, page 2",
          "text": "Messy, those poor sickees staggered around the ship, easily identifiable from their sponged-off shirts 86 blouses and ashen complexions.",
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        {
          "ref": "2013, Stanley Einstein, Beyond Drugs, page 203",
          "text": "The main point is that once we view a person who is using drugs as being a “sickee,” we automatically fall into the trap of assuming and recommending treatment for him.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Hadley Hoover, Botched Boundaries (LP), page 138",
          "text": "Stomach flu can come on quickly, and no one wants to be around a sickee.",
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