chuck a sickie

== English == === Etymology === A more slangy variant of throw a sickie. === Pronunciation === === Verb === chuck a sickie (third-person singular simple present chucks a sickie, present participle chucking a sickie, simple past and past participle chucked a sickie) (slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand) 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. ==== Synonyms ==== (claim a sick day): pull a sickie, throw a sickie, see also Thesaurus:shirk ==== Translations ====