[play hooky] {v. phr.}, {informal} To stay out of school to play. * /Carl is failing in school because he has played hooky so many times during the year./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

hookey

[hookey] See: [PLAY HOOKEY]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

play hookey

[play hookey] {v. phr.} Be absent (without good excuse), shirk (lessons, work); Miss. See: [play truant] www.english-slang.com

hook

[hook] {v.} Steal. Possibly from the act of 'fishing' for items with a hook and line, through an existing or purposely made aperture. British slang (Wikipedia)

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