"sickie" meaning in English

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "chuck a sickie"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pull a sickie"
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      "word": "throw a sickie"
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        "2": "sick leave"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "sick + -ie, from sick leave.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sickies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "duvet day"
    }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 July 9, Hannah Jane Parkinson, “The sickie may be a guilty pleasure, but sometimes you just need a duvet day”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "Sickies are when one really is sick, but, y’know, probably not to the extent that merits a day off. It’s the exaggerated head cold. It’s the sore throat overdramatised by a theatrical croak.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A day, or time, off work due to (supposed) illness."
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        "(originally Australia, UK, slang) A day, or time, off work due to (supposed) illness."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "sense": "time off work",
          "word": "sicky"
        }
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a day, or time, off work due to supposed or feigned illness",
          "word": "saikku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a day, or time, off work due to supposed or feigned illness",
          "word": "hararei whakangehengehe"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1984, Victor Bumbalo, Niagara Falls and Other Plays, page 163",
          "text": "I'll tell you why, because I'm a sickie! But I'm getting cured.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who is unwell."
      ],
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        [
          "unwell",
          "unwell"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) A person who is unwell."
      ],
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        "slang"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɪki/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪki"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sickie"
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    "English terms suffixed with -ie",
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    "Rhymes:English/ɪki/2 syllables"
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    {
      "word": "chuck a sickie"
    },
    {
      "word": "pull a sickie"
    },
    {
      "word": "throw a sickie"
    }
  ],
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  "etymology_text": "sick + -ie, from sick leave.",
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    {
      "form": "sickies",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "word": "duvet day"
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        "British English",
        "English slang",
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          "ref": "2021 July 9, Hannah Jane Parkinson, “The sickie may be a guilty pleasure, but sometimes you just need a duvet day”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
          "text": "Sickies are when one really is sick, but, y’know, probably not to the extent that merits a day off. It’s the exaggerated head cold. It’s the sore throat overdramatised by a theatrical croak.",
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        }
      ],
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        "A day, or time, off work due to (supposed) illness."
      ],
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        [
          "illness",
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        "(originally Australia, UK, slang) A day, or time, off work due to (supposed) illness."
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        "slang"
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          "text": "I'll tell you why, because I'm a sickie! But I'm getting cured.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who is unwell."
      ],
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        "(slang) A person who is unwell."
      ],
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        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈsɪki/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪki"
    },
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "time off work",
      "word": "sicky"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a day, or time, off work due to supposed or feigned illness",
      "word": "saikku"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a day, or time, off work due to supposed or feigned illness",
      "word": "hararei whakangehengehe"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sickie"
}