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hooky (n.)
also
hookey
, in the truant sense, 1848, American English (New York City), only in the phrase
play hooky
; from Dutch
hoekje
"hide and seek;" or else from
hook it
, attested since 14c. as "make off, run away," originally "depart, proceed."
