truant's

So Mark watched, had been watching all this day since the truant's return.

The Leper of Saint Giles Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981

So Mark watched, had been watching all this day since the truant's return.

The Leper of Saint Giles Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1981

All this the old veteran told thrillingly, the shadow of a boy's awed recollection mingling with his Scottish exultation as a compatriot of the victim, and even with a touch of humor as he recalled the domestic scolding which marked the truant's return.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 Various

At twilight's hour might she be seen, unscared by the truant's stone, repairing to the placid pool -- skimming over its glassy surface, in rapid circle and with humid wing -- and returning in triumph, bearing wherewithal to build her nest.

A Love Story A Bushman

He cried and protested, but my father was determined that he should not grow up ignorant, so he used the strap freely to hasten the truant's steps to school.

The Promised Land Mary Antin 1915

He cried and protested, but my father was determined that he should not grow up ignorant, so he used the strap freely to hasten the truant's steps to school.

The Promised Land 1912

He cried and protested, but my father was determined that he should not grow up ignorant, so he used the strap freely to hasten the truant's steps to school.

The Promised Land Antin, Mary, 1881-1949 1912

But if he should for any reason abandon his ruffianly pursuits, as she had urged him to do, then she could bring about a meeting between them; and the truant's mother might take better care of him in the future, besides making him pecuniarily independent of prize-fighting.

Cashel Byron's Profession George Bernard Shaw 1903

Determined to have no more to do with courtiers and amateur soldiers, he secretly sent off a courier to betray the truant's escapade to the Court.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 John [Editor] Rudd 1885

And the tilting snipe stood fearless of the truant's wayward cry

Riley Child-Rhymes James Whitcomb Riley 1882