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Definition of hookey

hookey
Hooky Hook"y, n. [Written also hookey.] [Cf. Hook, v. t., 3.] A word used only in the expression to play hooky, to run away, to play truant. This talk about boys . . . playing ball, and ``hooky,' and marbles, was all moonshine. --F. Hopkinson Smith.
hookey
Hockey Hock"ey, n. [From Hook, n.] 1. A game in which two parties of players, armed with sticks curved or hooked at the end, attempt to drive any small object (as a ball or a bit of wood) toward opposite goals. 2. The stick used by the players. [Written also hookey and hawkey.]
Hookey
Hookey Hook"ey, n. See Hockey.

Meaning of hookey from wikipedia

- Truancy is any intentional, unjustified, unauthorized, or illegal absence from compulsory education. It is a deliberate absence by a student's own free...
- Hookey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Gordon Hookey (born 1961), Australian aboriginal artist Lee Hookey (born 1979), Australian...
- with his brothers Jack Hookey and Jesse Kidd. Hookey was educated at Cowwarr Primary School and was School Captain in 2000. Hookey holds degrees in Arts...
- Playin' Hookey is a 1928 American short silent comedy film directed by Anthony Mack. It was the 69th Our Gang short subject to be released. Joe Cobb as...
- Blind Hookey, also known as Dutch Bank, Banker and Broker and Honest John, is a simple game of chance using playing cards. The game is po****r in Germany...
- Gordon Hookey (born 1961 in Cloncurry) is an Australian aboriginal artist from the Waanyi people. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (1992) and lives in Brisbane...
- Look up hooky in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hooky, Hookey or Hookie may refer to: To "play hooky", a slang term, particularly in North America, for...
- James "Hookey" or "Hooky" Leonard (1906–1959) was a Scottish professional footballer. Leonard signed with Cowdenbeath in 1923. He quickly became a club...
- Time in 1976. During this period he was also the fiddle player for The Hookey Band and a member of the morris dancers at Adderbury. It was around this...
- Lee Hookey (born 6 April 1979) is an Australian former rugby league footballer who pla**** in the 1990s and 2000s. Hookey pla**** for South Sydney (twice)...