sickman

Definitions

A person who is unwell or incapacitated.

India

Examples

“Generally the entrails of big animals are kept suspended at full length by means of strong ropes and a stick⟳ is taken to point⟳ out, to the friends of a sickman or an inquirer, the particular sign⟳ of recovery or of death which is indicated by peculiar marks in the entrails of the slain animal.”

“Mody K. Marak who is more than seventy is a sickman. He is very slow in the disposal of business.”

“[…] the Sultan showed marvellous power of endurance, and refused to lie⟳ in bed like⟳ a sickman.”

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