English

Noun

sicknote ‎(plural sicknotes)

1. Alternative form of sick note
   • 2000, Charles Barrow, ‎John G. Duddington, Briefcase on Employment Law (page 108)

     Where an employee is off sick intermittently over a substantial period of time and the illness is not verified by appropriate sicknotes, should a resulting dismissal be for reason of misconduct or incapability?

   • 2015 July 20, Guardian sport, “Raheem Sterling denies he ‘threw a sicknote’ to force move to Manchester City”, in The Guardian:

     Raheem Sterling has denied that he “threw a sicknote in” during his final days as a Liverpool player in order to force through his move to Manchester City .