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

Derived forms: hookies

Type of: nonattendance

Encyclopedia: Hooky

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