truantry

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)

It was only this afternoon that so slight a circumstance as a ray of light flashing in my eye provided me an agreeable and unexpected truantry.

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)

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)