单词 | to play wag |
释义 | > as lemmasto play (the) wag 3. to play (the) wag: to play truant. slang. Also, to hop the wag: see to hop the wag at hop v.1 Phrases 2. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > [verb (intransitive)] > to play truant to play truant1560 mitch1580 mooch1622 to trig it1796 plunk1808 minch1836 wag1847 to play hookey1848 to hop the wag1861 to play (the) wag1861 to hook Jack1877 to bag school1934 to go on the hop1959 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 87/1 Used by schoolmasters for the correction of boys who neglect their tasks, or play the wag. 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 197/1 They often persuaded me to ‘hop the wag’ that is, play truant from school. 1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat xvii. 284 A boy, when he plays the wag from school. 1900 H. Lawson Over Sliprails 154 Oh! why will you run away from home, Will, and play the wag, and steal, and get us all into such trouble? < as lemmas |
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