truantry
[troo-uh n-tree]
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Origin of truantry
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Most of us are 19admitted into truantry by the accidents, merely, of our senses.
Journeys to BagdadCharles S. Brooks
That was one thing, at least, from which my truantry protected me.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9Robert Louis Stevenson
You once suspected me of truantry from your charms—Quedo, quedo!
The Entailed HatGeorge Alfred Townsend
Then the truth came out, and, had I been only for a mild walk on the links, retribution would have overtaken my truantry.
Prester JohnJohn Buchan
He was a little man, pale and stooped, but with a genius for truantry—a pilgrim of the Bagdad road.
Journeys to BagdadCharles S. Brooks