truantry

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English

Etymology

From truant +‎ -ry.

Noun

truantry (countable and uncountable, plural truantries)

  1. truancy
    • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
      Possibly I might be blamed a bit for my truantry, but the recapture of the Hispaniola was a clenching answer, and I hoped that even Captain Smollett would confess I had not lost my time.