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Verb: play hooky
Usage: N. Amer (=skive)
  1. Play truant from work or school
    "The boy often plays hooky"
    - bunk off [Brit], skive, play truant, bunk [Brit], wag [Austral, NZ], mitch [Ireland]

Derived forms: plays hooky, played hooky, playing hooky

Type of: cut, skip

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