truantry

Example Sentences

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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

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

He had trod the profitable side streets until truantry had taken him.

From There's Pippins and Cheese to Come by Brooks, Charles S. (Charles Stephen)

But all truantry is not in the open air.

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