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Definition of Sick list
1. Noun. A list of those who are ill (e.g. on a warship or in a regiment etc).
Definition of Sick list
1. Noun. (idiomatic informal) A list of people who are ill ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sick List
Literary usage of Sick list
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. In Darkest Africa: Or, The Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... Rapids—Child-birth on the road—Our sick list—Native affection—A tornado at
Little Rapids—Mr. Bonny discovers the village of ..."
2. In Darkest Africa Or the Quest Rescue and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... Rapids—Child-birth on the road—Our sick list—Native affection—A tornado at
Little Rapids—Mr. Bonny discovers the village of ..."
3. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones (1866)
"More will be on the sick list. JUNE 22D.—Dry and pleasant. The city full of idle
rumors—that the whole brigade of local troops were captured yesterday—that ..."
4. An Artillery Officer in the Mexican War, 1846-7: Letters of Robert Anderson by Robert Anderson, Eba Anderson Lawton (1911)
"... ments were made, our sick list has increased; we have now 2200 on the sick
report. One word about the customs of the Country, before stopping. ..."
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