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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Sick Man (The). So Nicholas of Russia (in 1844) called the Ottoman Empire, which had been declining ever since 1586. "I repeat to you that the sick man is dying; and we must never allow such an event to take us by surprise."- Annual Register, 1858. N.B. Don John, Governor-General of the Netherlands, writing in 1579 to Philip II. of Spain, calls the Prince of Orange "the sick man," because he was in the way, and he wanted him "finished." " `Money' (he says in his letter)' is the gruel with which we must cure this sick man [for spies and assassins are expensive drugs]'."- Motley: Dutch Republic, bk. v. 2. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: SICK MAN |
| English words defined with "SICK MAN": lie. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "SICK MAN": End, End- ♦ HAMED ♦ unction. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Well-a, you sister, she's a very sick man, you better come with us. (Horse Feathers; writing credit: Will B. Johnstone; Bert Kalmar) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Sick Man from the East (1911) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Coming alongside USS Pittsburgh (CA-4) in mid-ocean to send a sick man on board for treatment, during the mid-1920s. Photographed by Ray, USS Pittsburgh. Credit: NAVY. |  | The sick man hears burglars. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | You're a very sick man, I'm the only one that can help you. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Find the sick man. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Giving a sick man a drink as U.S. P.O.W.s of Japanese, Philippine Islands, Cabanatuan prison camp / Ben Steele. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Dwight L. Moody | Church attendance is as vital to a disciple as a transfusion of rich, healthy blood to a sick man. |
Marcus Terentius Varro | A sick man dreams nothing so dreadful that some philosopher isn't saying it. |
Seneca | It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The prisoner is subject to flight as the sick man is to the crisis which cures or kills him. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | She looked at Pa and Uncle John standing helplessly gazing at the sick man. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | He has a great bundle of white oak bark under his arm for a sick man, gathered this Sunday morning. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | END, n. The position farthest removed on either hand from the Interlocutor. The man was perishing apace Who played the tambourine; The seal of death was on his face -- 'Twas pallid, for 'twas clean. "This is the end," the sick man said In faint and failing tones. A moment later he was dead, And Tambourine was Bones. Tinley Roquot |
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| Language | Translations for "SICK MAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 病夫 . (various references) | ||||
Czech | nemocný (bad, diseased, ill, invalid, sick, weak). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | icksay anmay | ||||
Misspellings | |
"SICK MAN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Sickman. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-k-m-n-s" | |
-1 letter: kamsin, manics. | |
-2 letters: amins, amnic, cains, kains, kinas, macks, mains, manic, micas, micks, minas, minks, nicks, smack, snack, snick. | |
-3 letters: aims, ains, akin, amin, amis, anis, asci, cain, cams, cans, cask, inks, kain, kami, kina, kins, mack, macs, main, mans, mask, mica, mick, mina, mink, nick, nims, sack, sain, saki, sank, scam, scan. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-k-m-n-s" | |
+1 letter: smacking, stickman. | |
+2 letters: mackinaws, nicknames. | |
+3 letters: kanamycins, kinematics, mackintosh, mosaicking, nicknamers. | |
+4 letters: pacemakings. | |
+5 letters: antiblackism, diamondbacks, greenbackism, mackintoshes, matchmakings, meatpackings, mispackaging, peacemakings, watchmakings. | |
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