SICKOUT


Meaning of SICKOUT in English

/sik"owt'/ , n.

an organized absence from work by employees on the pretext of sickness, as to avoid the legal problems or antistrike clauses that would be invoked in the case of a formal strike.

[ 1950-55; prob. SICK 1 + (WALK)OUT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .