sick list

a list of persons who are sick.

on the sick list, in poor health; not well; ill.

Origin of sick list

First recorded in 1785–95

He would take command of his battery at once, merely reporting himself on the sick-list for a week or two.

The Master of Warlock |George Cary Eggleston
I was also literally twenty-six hours without getting a morsel to eat or a drop to drink, and but the day before on the sick-list.

Campaign of the Indus |T.W.E. Holdsworth
On the third day after the fight, to my immense relief, my name was taken off the sick-list, and I was allowed to return to duty.

Frank Before Vicksburg |Harry Castlemon
Condor had to go on the sick-list half an hour after the fight was over.

At Aboukir and Acre |George Alfred Henty

That'll wear us out; Artmouth will put just about half of our men on the sick-list.

Behind the Line |Ralph Henry Barbour

sick list

a list of the sick, esp in the army or navy