faire l’école buissonnière — meaning in English

English meaning

• bunk noun A narrow bed, often one of a stacked pair, as found on a ship, in a cabin, or a dorm.
• wag verb To swing repeatedly from side to side.

Senses

faire l’école buissonnière is used for these senses in English:

• bunk (British, India) To fail to attend school or work without permission; to play truant (usually as in 'to bunk off').
• wag (intransitive, mostly, obsolete) To go; to proceed; to move; to progress.

bunk — full definition

1. noun A narrow bed, often one of a stacked pair, as found on a ship, in a cabin, or a dorm.
2. noun Nonsense; empty or foolish talk.
3. verb British informal: to skip school or work without permission.
4. adj Broken or not functioning properly.

wag — full definition

1. verb To swing repeatedly from side to side.
2. noun A witty, joking person.
3. noun Informal, chiefly British: the wife or girlfriend of a well-known sportsman.

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