truant

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In June 1530 Hans Holbein the Younger was rounded up for being a truant from the Reformed Church and its newfangled Eucharist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The young Len still played truant but took himself down to the local library where he would often read all day.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

And man, that idea, that image of 22 public integrity lawyers locked in a room like truant children until they knuckle under, and somebody is going to file it.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2025

Parents who allow their children to be chronically truant are hurting them and hurting us.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2024

I had the feeling of a boy who thinks of what is happening at a certain hour at the schoolhouse from which he has played truant.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway