Noun : On the first warm spring day the boys played hooky to go fishing. From Dictionary.com.
He played "hookey" all day long, and no truant officer disturbed him, or dragged him off to school. From Wordnik.com. [Little Journey to Puerto Rico : for Intermediate and Upper Grades For Intermediate and Upper Grades] Reference
You went to the same school; played "hookey" together; bathed in the creek together. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg] Reference
"I don't like playing 'hookey' neither," returned Prudy, "'cause the hooks won't catch 'em.". From Wordnik.com. [Little Prudy] Reference
I may say here, that, whatever else I did, I never played truant ( "hookey" we called it) in my life. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Bad Boy] Reference
I won't play 'hookey' again; but I'm not a-goin 'to cry. ". From Wordnik.com. [Captain Horace] Reference
Okay; time to quit playing hookey and get to work. From Wordnik.com. [Drowned Hopes]
I played hookey today and caught the 10: 30 am show. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Off: Iron Man - What Did You Think? « FirstShowing.net] Reference
But when spring rolled around, hookey became my favorite game again. From Wordnik.com. [Manchild in the Promised Land] Reference
I say, one night at Carlton house, playing at blind hookey with York. From Wordnik.com. [Roundabout Papers] Reference
When the girl had gone down the street, I asked Danny what hookey was. From Wordnik.com. [Manchild in the Promised Land] Reference
I even went to school for a week straight without playing hookey once. From Wordnik.com. [Manchild in the Promised Land] Reference
I was only up there for playing hookey and stealing and stuff like that. From Wordnik.com. [Manchild in the Promised Land] Reference
'If I looked like that, Joan, I'd play hookey for a couple of days myself. From Wordnik.com. [Masters Of The Vortex]
Something I can focus on so completely, a reason to play hookey from work. From Wordnik.com. [madrigle Diary Entry] Reference
He was playing hookey and was just sort of, you know, one of the bystanders. From Wordnik.com. [Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama - The climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution] Reference
The pool hall where I used to hide while playing hookey had been closed down. From Wordnik.com. [When The Bough Breaks]
Nobody makes a better rebuttal to your hookey better than Bill Richardson myself. From Wordnik.com. [Video Of Richardson Endorsing Obama] Reference
"Playin 'hookey," was all Tavia said, in the way she had of making light of things. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale : a girl of today] Reference
When I played hookey from school, my teacher wrote a letter of thanks to my mother. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2003] Reference
I remember telling her that I played hookey to avoid getting into trouble in school. From Wordnik.com. [Manchild in the Promised Land] Reference
The party of no only knows how to throw spitballs, disrupt business, and play hookey. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Protesting Health Reform, GOP Attempts To Bring Senate Hearings To A Standstill By Blocking All Proceedings] Reference
I can't play hookey any more because I've got to be at work in order to pay the bills. From Wordnik.com. [moschikat Diary Entry] Reference
Each time, the beatings got worse; and each time, I promised never to play hookey again. From Wordnik.com. [Manchild in the Promised Land] Reference
Even watching a movie by myself without the hubby in attendance feels like playing hookey. From Wordnik.com. [Burnout] Reference
I'd recommend How to Lie With Statistics, though your students might find it a bit hookey. From Wordnik.com. [Can I suck your brains?] Reference
"Pull off yo 'coat, Archie B.," said his mother, "I'm goin 'to lick you fur playin' hookey.". From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
Besides, it would be awfully hard to fake a dr's appt to play hookey when the doc is on-site. From Wordnik.com. [Employer-Based Health Clinics - The Next Big Thing?] Reference
They had commenced with whist, and had culminated during the last half-hour with blind hookey. From Wordnik.com. [The Way We Live Now] Reference
An 'once, on a Thursday, we dug a lot of clams together, an' played hookey Friday to peddle them. From Wordnik.com. [CHAPTER XIV] Reference
We met as usual -- the hookey-players, I mean -- and started down to the Hackensack River to have. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Ranney] Reference
Played hookey this morning instead of working and saw the new Robin Williams movie, Man of the Year. From Wordnik.com. [Pop Culture Snippets] Reference
Reminds me of the story of the preacher watching the little boy playing hookey from school and fishing. From Wordnik.com. [Is That Legal?: Michelle Malkin: Blogging While Flying?] Reference
Do I need a note from my psychiatrist for playing hookey or just extra medication for the next three weeks?. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Ladies Lounge] Reference
I thought I had fooled her and could go on playing hookey, but you know the old adage, "There's many a slip.". From Wordnik.com. [Dave Ranney] Reference
There are times when I play hookey from my various professional responsibilities and simply drop out of sight for a time. From Wordnik.com. [All Things Girl » All Things Girl » Blog Archive » Author Insight: Amy Dickinson] Reference
I played hookey Friday to finish writing an article, but still managed to run into a bunch of people the rest of the day. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-05-01] Reference
But now he said incredibly, and with an inane expression to match, as though she were his disapproving mother: "I played hookey.". From Wordnik.com. [Galapagos]
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