"sick man" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1854, H.B. Stowe, “America's Ambition and Europe's Dilemma”, in The Living Age, volume 42, page 245:",
          "text": "The former openly likens Cuba to Turkey, saying that the island is the \"sick man\" of the West;",
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          "ref": "1896, Jesse Macy, The English constitution: a commentary on its nature and growth, page 54:",
          "text": "The House of Lords has now come to be pretty generally looked upon as the \"Sick Man\" of the English Constitution.",
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          "ref": "1942 May 19, “The Home Front”, in Los Angeles Times:",
          "text": "He told how in an economic sense we were one of the Sick Men of the World our industry dilapidated rundown and was not being renewed",
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          "ref": "1970 January 19, “A Decade of Disappointment for Asia”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "For Asia as a whole, that target was just about achieved, even when including India and Indonesia, often regarded as the \"sick men\" of the continent.",
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        "A weak member of a peer group, especially the weakest."
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        "(idiomatic, usually with of) A weak member of a peer group, especially the weakest."
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          "word": "sick man of Asia"
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          "word": "sick man of East Asia"
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          "sense": "a weak member of a group",
          "word": "weak sister"
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          "ref": "1854, H.B. Stowe, “America's Ambition and Europe's Dilemma”, in The Living Age, volume 42, page 245:",
          "text": "The former openly likens Cuba to Turkey, saying that the island is the \"sick man\" of the West;",
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          "ref": "1896, Jesse Macy, The English constitution: a commentary on its nature and growth, page 54:",
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        },
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          "ref": "1942 May 19, “The Home Front”, in Los Angeles Times:",
          "text": "He told how in an economic sense we were one of the Sick Men of the World our industry dilapidated rundown and was not being renewed",
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          "ref": "1970 January 19, “A Decade of Disappointment for Asia”, in New York Times:",
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        "A weak member of a peer group, especially the weakest."
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        "(idiomatic, usually with of) A weak member of a peer group, especially the weakest."
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