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truant officer

noun

  1. a public-school official who investigates unauthorized absences from school.


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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of truant officer1

An Americanism dating back to 1870鈥75
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It wasn鈥檛 a truant officer at his door, though 鈥 no one had ever come knocking about that.

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He attended Coleman Grade School and Franklin High School, where when he was absent, according to Heye, 鈥渢he truant officer always knew where she could find Remo 鈥 at his family鈥檚 bakery, baking bread with his parents!鈥

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And that鈥檚 because she wanted to be part of the gang and wasn鈥檛 necessarily interested in being the truant officer of the family or the responsible caregiver.

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Screwy Squirrel decides to go fishing instead of school and the truant officer tries to find out why.

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Bonnie鈥檚 father, Stan Colwell, had been a tough truant officer before being promoted to principal at a second-chance high school.

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