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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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noun

(usually a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.

“Writers often choose accommodation when discussing complex ideas.”

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play truant

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/play troo-uhnt/

To be absent from school without permission.

In a Sentence

“Jake decided to play truant and missed the first period of math class.”

Origin

From the verb "truant", meaning absent without permission, recorded in English from the 16th century.

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Synonyms

skip schoolplay hookycut class

Antonyms

attend schoolgo to class

Related Words

play hookybeak offplay the wagtruantsack offbug outplunksluff

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