truant
a person who is absent from school without permission
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Police have picked up TRUANT students 4705 times already this school year, Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier said.
(Washington Post)
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Leicester police begin anti-TRUANCY patrols
(BBC News)
(Washington Post)
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Leicester police begin anti-TRUANCY patrols
(BBC News)
Did you
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truant
verb/adjective
- to be absent without permission, especially from school
noun
- one who is absent without permission, especially from school
- one who shirks work or duty
truancy
noun
- the act of being truant
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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A truant bride
When Charlie Chaplin returned from Mexico with his new bride, he discovered unexpected visitors in his home. Since education was compulsory in California, the truant officers wanted to know why the young Mrs. Chaplin was not in school. After all, she was the ripe old age of 16!
Married or not, they told her, she must either return to school or take a solemn oath to study at home for a certain number of hours each day, under the guidance of a "teacher".
Footnote: Charlie Chaplin "liked them young" as the saying goes. He was married four times. His first two wives were 16, the third in her early twenties and the fourth was 18 when they married.
Etymology: from the 13th century Old French truant, meaning a "beggar or rogue".
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SYNONYMS
absent, AWOL, bunk off, to play hooky, to skip school
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"I wasn't truant yesterday. I just needed to take a break from work."
verb/adjective
- to be absent without permission, especially from school
noun
- one who is absent without permission, especially from school
- one who shirks work or duty
truancy
noun
- the act of being truant
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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A truant bride
When Charlie Chaplin returned from Mexico with his new bride, he discovered unexpected visitors in his home. Since education was compulsory in California, the truant officers wanted to know why the young Mrs. Chaplin was not in school. After all, she was the ripe old age of 16!
Married or not, they told her, she must either return to school or take a solemn oath to study at home for a certain number of hours each day, under the guidance of a "teacher".
Footnote: Charlie Chaplin "liked them young" as the saying goes. He was married four times. His first two wives were 16, the third in her early twenties and the fourth was 18 when they married.
Etymology: from the 13th century Old French truant, meaning a "beggar or rogue".
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SYNONYMS
absent, AWOL, bunk off, to play hooky, to skip school
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"I wasn't truant yesterday. I just needed to take a break from work."
