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sick parade

sick parade noun: a lineup of ill or injured soldiers who report to a medic, and are assessed by a triage system.

Noun

sick parade (plural sick parades)

  1. A lineup of ill or injured soldiers who report to a medic, and are assessed by a triage system.
    • He would report for sick parade every morning and more often than not convince the doctor he was ill. In consequence, he was on light duties for the entire twenty-eight days I was there.2020, Chris Cocks, Fire Force: A Trooper's War in the Rhodesian Light Infantry, page 148

Forms of sick parade

pluralsick parades

Questions about sick parade

What does sick parade mean?
Sick parade means a lineup of ill or injured soldiers who report to a medic, and are assessed by a triage system.
What part of speech is sick parade?
Sick parade is a noun.
What is the plural of sick parade?
The plural of sick parade is sick parades.

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