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Meanings of play truant in English

To not go to class without permission.

      Play hookey.

            Usage of play truant in English
            1
            Dare you play truant for a little while and walk on the sands?
            The Betrayal
            2
            It isn't right of you to encourage him to play truant.'
            Dwell Deep; or, Hilda Thorn's Life Story
            3
            They should all be in school, but he wasn't about to play truant officer.
            In the hat: a novel of suspense
            4
            Do you always mean to play truant from evening service?'
            Uncle Max
            5
            What a school-house is the world, if our wits would only not play truant!
            The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell
            6
            To play truant to sit on a bench and sulk!
            The Love Affairs of Pixie
            7
            I did not often dare to play truant; and the school became odious to me.
            Ned Myers, or, a Life Before the Mast
            8
            But today he simply had to play truant.
            Melnitz
            9
            A lawyer cannot play truant in term-time without-
            Paul Clifford — Volume 03
            10
            Their high resolve to play truant at all costs had begotten a wonderful sense of fellowship.
            Love and Mr. Lewisham
            11
            In stopping to persuade Richard not to play truant, he had come near being too late.
            Wreaths of Friendship: A Gift for the Young
            12
            The point to be settled was, whether it would be safe to play truant for the day.
            Oscar; Or, The Boy Who Had His Own Way
            13
            Is it becoming a suitor to play truant when he wishes to hear favorably from his 'ladye fayre'?
            Marguerite Verne; Or, Scenes from Canadian Life
            14
            I soon tired of school, and began to play truant; generally wandering along the wharves, gazing at the ships.
            Ned Myers, or, a Life Before the Mast
            15
            There is a risk that schoolchildren might be tempted to play truant for the chance of a few coins.
            Reuters
            16
            Parents of children who persistently commit crimes or play truant from school could face the loss of child benefit.
            The Irish Times
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