Definition of play hooky Play hooky

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What does play hooky mean?

Verb
play hooky - play truant from work or school; "The boy often plays hooky"
		bunk off
		skip, cut bound off one point after another
		argot, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular, jargon, cant a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard

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play hooky (Verb)
US To play truant ; to avoid informally: skip school, work, or other duties stay away from these without permission or an excuse; to skive UK.