truantry
Americannoun
plural
truantriesEtymology
Origin of truantry
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at truant, -ry
Example Sentences
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It was but yesterday on my return from work that I witnessed a sight that moved me pleasantly to thoughts of truantry.
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
Madame, to obviate the known truantry of the King, introduced her sister, Madame de Vintinsille, as clever, but as ordinary as herself.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 by Various
There is something rather stirring in such prodigious marshaling, but I hear you ask what this has to do with truantry.
From Journeys to Bagdad by Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen)
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 Winter, Milo
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