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Definition of hookey from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

hookey

/ˈhʊki/

/ˈhʊki/

(also hooky)

(North American English, old-fashioned)Idioms

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play hookey (informal)

(British English play truant)

to stay away from school without permissionTopics Educationc2

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