truantry
Example Sentences
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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 Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen)
Possibly I might be blamed a bit for my truantry, but the recapture of the Hispaniola was a clinching answer, and I hoped that even Captain Smollett would confess I had not lost my time.
From Treasure Island by Winter, Milo
But all truantry is not in the open air.
From Journeys to Bagdad by Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen)
Possibly I might be blamed a bit for my truantry, but the recapture of the Hispaniola was a clenching answer, and I179 hoped that even Captain Smollett would confess I had not lost my time.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson Swanston Edition Vol. 6 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Then the truth came out, and, had I been only for a mild walk on the links, retribution would have overtaken my truantry.
From Prester John by Buchan, John
