truantry
Example Sentences
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That was one thing, at least, from which my truantry protected me.
From Memories and Portraits by Robert Louis Stevenson
Then the truth came out, and, had I been only for a mild walk on the links, retribution would have overtaken my truantry.
From Prester John by John Buchan
If such myopic truantry is in you, there is much to be said for going afoot.
From Journeys to Bagdad by Charles S. (Charles Stephen) Brooks
That was one thing, at least, from which my truantry protected me.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 by Robert Louis Stevenson
Possibly I might be blamed a bit for my truantry, but the recapture of the Hispaniola was a clinching answer, and I hoped that even Captain Smollett would confess I had not lost my time.
From Treasure Island by Milo Winter
