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truant
noun
- Obsolete a lazy, idle person
- a pupil who stays away from school without permission
- a person who neglects his or her work or duties
adjective
- that is a truant; that plays truant
- idle; shiftless
- characteristic of a truant; errant; straying
intransitive verb
to be or play truant
See truant in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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