hooky
noun
unjustifiable absence from school, work, etc. (usually used in the phraseplay hooky ).
hookey
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a variation of
hooky.
Example Sentences
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“Usually an essay comes when I’m playing hookey from novel writing,” she says.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 21, 2018
“How else will we get to meet them and learn about them?” asked a mom playing hookey from her human cubicle cage as her kids waved to the dolphins.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2016
I’d almost call it a movie to play hookey for.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 5, 2015
To play hookey began as an Americanism in the 19 century.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2012
It passed off very well—racing all the morning, an excellent dinner, and whist and blind hookey in the evening.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II by Henry Reeve
