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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Playing hooky #142404 04/25/2005 10:36 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Mebbe he has more information than posted there, but I don't see anything but bland assertions. > probably derives Why not more certain then? > around the late 1840s Why not more clear cut? - Dave normally tells you if it was a Tuesday or a Thursday! > The derivation is obviously one of skipping school to play games. If a mere assertion made a fact, so be it. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Playing hooky Father Steve 04/24/2005 3:30 PM Re: Playing hooky TEd Remington 04/24/2005 6:45 PM Re: Playing hooky Father Steve 04/24/2005 7:05 PM Re: Playing hooky Elizabeth Creith 04/24/2005 8:30 PM Re: Playing hooky Elizabeth Creith 04/24/2005 8:31 PM Re: Playing hooky Father Steve 04/24/2005 11:55 PM Re: Playing hooky maverick 04/25/2005 8:42 AM Re: Playing hooky Faldage 04/25/2005 10:16 AM Re: Playing hooky maverick 04/25/2005 10:36 AM Re: Playing hooky Faldage 04/25/2005 10:39 AM Re: Playing hooky maverick 04/25/2005 11:12 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,396 Members9,211 Most Online12,483 Mar 28th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 16 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,217 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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