play hookey

play hookey: или play truant

   paзг.

   пpoгуливaть зaнятия в шкoлe и т. п. [play hookey или hooky пepвoнaч. и пpeим. aмep.]

    Seeing the big yellow buses with Arcadia District School written on the sides had made him feel guilty... He was playing hooky (S. King and P. Straub). He had never had the courage to play truant from the Academy (A. J. Cronin). I had the feeling of a boy who thinks of what is happening at a certain hour at the schoolhouse from which he has played truant (E. Hemingway)

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play hookey — Play truant … A concise dictionary of English slang
play hookey — N. Amer. informal play truant. → hookey … English new terms dictionary
play hookey — see hookey … Useful english dictionary
play hookey — verb to be absent without permission, especially from school … Wiktionary
Play hookey — be unjustifiably absent from school, work, etc … Dictionary of Australian slang
play hookey — Australian Slang be unjustifiably absent from school, work, etc … English dialects glossary
play hooky — ☆ play hooky or play hookey n. see HOOKY * * * … Universalium
play hooky — ☆ play hooky or play hookey n. see HOOKY … English World dictionary
play — v. & n. v. 1 intr. (often foll. by with) occupy or amuse oneself pleasantly with some recreation, game, exercise, etc. 2 intr. (foll. by with) act light heartedly or flippantly (with feelings etc.). 3 tr. a perform on or be able to perform on (a… … Useful english dictionary
hookey — n. (also hooky) US Phrases and idioms: blind hookey a gambling guessing game at cards. play hookey sl. play truant. Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn … Useful english dictionary
hookey — (also hooky) noun (in phr. play hookey) N. Amer. informal play truant. Origin C19: of unknown origin … English new terms dictionary

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