Its no in depth analysis but here is a first draft of what we have so far for truanting - (the type numbers are arbitrary) Type 1 = "Bunking", "Bunking Off", "Plunking", "Plunk the Schuil" 1950's-1960's and 1990's-2000's Bristol, Dublin, Dundee, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Scotland, USA, West Riding of Yorkshire Type 2 = "Skiving", "Skiving off", "On the Skive" 1940's-1990' inclusive Bath, Birmingham, Bliston (Yorkshire), Bristol, Cambridge, Durham, London, Middlesex, Norfolk, Scottish borders Type 3 = "Wagging", "The wag", "Playing waggy", "Playing wag", "Wagged it", "Wagging it", "Hopping the wag", "Wagging Schuill", "Playing twag", "Twagging", "Twagging off", "Sagging", "Sagging school" "Sag off school" 1940's-1960's, 1980's, 2000's Australia, Bath, Cheshire, Hull, Lanarkshire, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Northampton, Yorkshire, West Riding of Yorkshire Type 4 = "Playing Hookey", "Hooked off" 1940's, 1960's, 2010's USA, Canada Type 5 = "Poking it" East coast of Scotland Type 6 = "Mitching", "Mitch off", "Mooching" 1930's, 1950's-1960's, 1980's Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin, (Ireland), Northern Ireland, Torquay Type 7 = "Playing the nick" Durham, North East England Type 8 = "Dogging" 1950's Lanarkshire Type 9 = "Lakin" South Yorkshire Type 10 = "Slamming School" 1960's Bradford (Yorkshire), West Riding of Yorkshire Type 11 = "Knocking Off" 1960's Bradford (Yorkshire) Type 12 = "Taking the Air" 1990's Bath Type 13 = Jigging school" 1950's-1960's, 1980's Australia, Selby Type 14 = "On the hop", "Hopping the wag" (also see Type 3) 1950's, 1960's Dublin, London Type 15 = "On the gur" 1950's Dublin Type 16 = On the lam" 1950's Dublin Type 17 = "Jouk the schuill" (Scotland) Type 18 = "Kip" (Scotland) Type 19 = "Skylarking" Jamaca (some of these are from me asking the same question of my friends)
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