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Noun: hookey  hû-kee
Usage: N. Amer
  1. Failure to attend (especially school)
    "The boy often plays hookey";
    - truancy, hooky [N. Amer, informal], skive [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: hookeys

Type of: nonattendance

Encyclopedia: Hookey

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