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playing hooky
adjective as in truant
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They even tacked an extra day onto the jaunt, playing hooky that Tuesday.
Many American kids are returning to the classroom today after a summer playing hooky.
I think there comes a time, in creative work, for playing hooky.
It wasnt the usual playing hooky from school case that the judge was taking up now.
They came shuffling in, like thirty or forty boys playing hooky from school.
But, like playing hooky or stealing watermelon, it was more fun if it was done on the sly.
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On this page you'll find 161 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to play hooky, such as: avoid, depart, disappear, dodge, elude, and emerge.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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