chuck a sickie

verb

Etymology

A more slangy variant of throw a sickie.

Definitions

  1. To take a day off from work feigning ill health.

    • 2010, Veechi Curtis, Lynley Averis, Bookkeeping For Dummies, Australian & New Zealand Edition, page 180, For example, if an employee chucks a sickie, you need to check that they have enough sick leave available.
    • 2010, Eve Brenac-Mooney, Kaleidoscope, Ebrem, Australia, 2012 EPUB edition, unnumbered page, I wished I could chuck a sickie, but it was only my second day at Forest Glen, so that was out of the question.

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