"sick club" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sick clubs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sick club (plural sick clubs)
  1. (UK, formerly) A benefit society that looked after its members when sick and made provision for their funerals. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-sick_club-en-noun-vUkuw6ws Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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