Green’s Dictionary of Slang

to play truant.

c.1786		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue ms. additions n.p.: To Trigg it, to Play the Truant.
1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue (2nd, 3rd edn).
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1890–1904		Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.