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noun Military.a daily formation for those requiring medical attention. the period during which this formation is held. Origin of sick callFirst recorded in 1830–40 Words nearby sick callsick as a dog, sick at heart, sick bay, sickbed, sick building syndrome, sick call, sick day, sick-dog, sicken, sickener, sickening Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sick callAfter breakfast the sick-call is sounded, and cadets who are ill, or who think they are, report to the hospital. Pike & Cutlass|George Gibbs The surgeon was absent on a sick-call, but his wife, flattered by a visit from the landowner, entertained him lavishly. The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3)|Alexander Wheelock Thayer One of them will come to-night and ask you to go on a sick-call. The City and the World and Other Stories|Francis Clement Kelley At the usual hour in the morning the bugle blew the "sick-call." Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6)|John McElroy
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