truantry

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I was too snug in the Casa Lanfranchi to be tempted astray, and any truantry of mine from the round of my tasks led me back to Aurelia and love.

From The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

He had trod the profitable side streets until truantry had taken him.

From There's Pippins and Cheese to Come by Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen)

That was one thing, at least, from which my truantry protected me.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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 Buchan, John

From ethical sophistication and moral truantry Mark Twain evolves an inexhaustible supply of humour.

From Mark Twain by Henderson, Archibald