Usually means: Pretend illness to miss work.
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  1. throw a sickie: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  2. throw a sickie: Wiktionary

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  1. throw a sickie: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. throw a sickie: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (throw a sickie)

▸ verb:  (slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand) To take a day off from work for ill health (either real or feigned).

Similar:
pull a sickie, take sick, get sick, be sick, play hooky, play hookie, sick up, skive off, bunk off, swing the lead, more...

Opposite:
attend work, show up, be present, work

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Similar:
pull a sickie, take sick, get sick, be sick, play hooky, play hookie, sick up, skive off, bunk off, swing the lead, more...

Opposite:
attend work, show up, be present, work



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