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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Probably from hook, hook it 'to run away' (19-20 centuries)

hooky

 noun
     
hook‧y

play hooky

American English old-fashioned to stay away from school without permission [= truant British English]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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