truantry
Americannoun
plural
truantriesEtymology
Origin of truantry
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; truant, -ry
Example Sentences
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But all truantry is not in the open air.
From Journeys to Bagdad by Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen)
That was one thing, at least, from which my truantry protected me.
From Memories and Portraits by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Such journey would be the soul of truantry and you should set out upon the road every spring when the wind comes warm.
From Journeys to Bagdad by Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen)
Rather, the smell of the place urges me indeterminately, diffusedly, to truantry.
From Journeys to Bagdad by Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen)
From ethical sophistication and moral truantry Mark Twain evolves an inexhaustible supply of humour.
From Mark Twain by Henderson, Archibald
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