Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
sick call ExamplesWord Origin noun Military.
- a daily formation for those requiring medical attention.
- the period during which this formation is held.
Origin of sick call First recorded in 1830–40 Examples from the Web for sick call Historical Examples of sick call
Been to make a sick-call, I suppose, and got caught in the snow-storm.
Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
They would insist always on accompanying me home from a night sick-call.
P.A. Sheehan
Sick-call was sounding as they passed the barracks, and Captain Devers met them on the walk.
Charles King
At 8:30 each day, aboard the battleships, there is what is known as sick-call.
Frank V. Webster
At the usual hour in the morning the bugle blew the “sick-call.”
John McElroy