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sickee en · NOUN

Etymology

Perhaps sick + -ee; perhaps a variant of sickie.

Meanings

1. (informal, rare) A person who is unwell.
   • Messy, those poor sickees staggered around the ship, easily identifiable from their sponged-off shirts 86 blouses and ashen complexions. 2007, Ramon Carver, Best and Worst Travels, page 2:
   • The main point is that once we view a person who is using drugs as being a “sickee,” we automatically fall into the trap of assuming and recommending treatment for him. 2013, Stanley Einstein, Beyond Drugs, page 203:
   • Stomach flu can come on quickly, and no one wants to be around a sickee. 2019, Hadley Hoover, Botched Boundaries (LP), page 138:

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