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Meanings of play truant in английском

To not go to class without permission.

Play hookey.

Usage of play truant in английском
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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