truantry

Example Sentences

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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

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)

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)

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)

Most of us are 19admitted into truantry by the accidents, merely, of our senses.

From Journeys to Bagdad by Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen)