hookey

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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   2. The stick used by the players. [Written also {hookey} and
      {hawkey}.]
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hooky \Hook"y\ (h[oo^]k"[y^]), n. [Written also {hookey}.] [Cf.
   {Hook}, v. t., 3.]
   A word used only in the expression to play hooky, to be
   truant, to run away; -- used mostly of youths absent from
   school without a valid reason and without the knowledge of
   their parents. Also (figuratively and jocosely), to be absent
   from duty for frivolous reasons.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

         This talk about boys . . . playing ball, and "hooky,"
         and marbles, was all moonshine.          --F. Hopkinson
                                                  Smith.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hookey \Hook"ey\, n.
   1. See {Hockey}.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Same as {hooky}, n..
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