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On the pat and mick

prep_phrase, slang

Definitions

Prep_phrase
  1. 1
    Sick; out of commission due to being unwell. Cockney, slang

    "Things are very different when you are off on the sick. . . . For a start, when you are on the Pat and Mick you no longer go to work."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of on the Pat and Mick. alt-of

Etymology

Rhyming slang for on the sick. Pat and Mick are stereotypical Irish names.

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