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sick men

sick men is the plural of sick man.

Meaning of sick man

Noun

sick man (plural sick men)

  1. (idiomatic, usually, with-of) A weak member of a peer group, especially the weakest.
    • The former openly likens Cuba to Turkey, saying that the island is the "sick man" of the West;1854, H.B. Stowe, “America's Ambition and Europe's Dilemma”, in The Living Age, volume 42, page 245
    Synonyms:
    weak sister

Questions about sick men

What is sick men the plural of?
Sick men is the plural of sick man.

Words near sick men in the dictionary

  1. sick lit
  2. sick man
  3. sick man of Asia
  4. sick man of East Asia
  5. sick man of Europe
  6. sick men
  7. sick note
  8. sick notes
  9. sick nurse
  10. sick nurses
  11. sick office syndrome

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