truantry
Americannoun
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truantries
plural
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Etymology
Origin of truantry
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at truant, -ry
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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 Charles S. (Charles Stephen) Brooks
That was one thing, at least, from which my truantry protected me.
From Memories and Portraits by Robert Louis Stevenson
In mean contrast to skulls, bowie-knives and other red villainy, my thoughts will be set toward the mild truantry of trudging for an afternoon in the country.
From Journeys to Bagdad by Charles S. (Charles Stephen) Brooks
We will have no more of this truantry.
From The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times by George Alfred Townsend
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 Maurice Henry Hewlett
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