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skiving

British workplace term for absconding from work or duty

Skipping school, or playing hooky, in England, as used by J.K. Rowling in the Harry Potter series,

The Weasley's skiving pills could give you any number of excuses to get out of school, including a fever, a bad rash or diarrhea.

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