| Many Londoners took the opportunity to play truant from their responsibilities. |
| Ultimately, it is up to parents and teachers to ensure children do not play truant. |
| Lear's celebrated limericks demonstrate the antic disposition of a society that loved to play truant from its sober self. |
| A common problem at government schools is that it is the teachers who play truant. |
| There are fears that other parents could be tagged if they allow their children to persistently play truant from school. |
| A police spokesman said he was angry over being expelled from school after forging a doctor's note as an excuse to stay off school and play truant. |
