sick note

See also: sicknote

English

Alternative forms

• sicknote

Pronunciation

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Noun

sick note (plural sick notes)

1. (UK) A note from a doctor certifying the patient is ill, and therefore unable to go to work, school etc.
2. (UK, idiomatic) Someone who dodges work because of (feigned) illness.

Coordinate terms

• fit note

Translations

note from a doctor certifying a worker's or a student's sickness

• Czech: neschopenka (cs) f
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• Hungarian: orvosi igazolás

someone who feigns illness to avoid work

• Czech: simulant (cs) m
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