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What is a smoko?

What is a smoko? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (colloquial, Australia, New Zealand and nautical) A cigarette break from work or military duty; a brief cessation of work to have a smoke, or (more generally) to take a small rest, snack etc. [from 19th c.]
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I swear that it rained for 72 hours with no more than a 5 minute break for smoko.
It was supposed to be working, but the construction team was on a smoko and it was resting.
There was no food bought for them for their smoko or lunch breaks, nothing to compensate for their time, they were there for six weeks full time.
Four wins on the trot for Rick Stone's men now and even having to play on Saturday whilst kitted out in hi-viz orange like a crew of miners on their smoko couldn't prevent them from putting in a shift.
One day Ox-head came up to us during smoko to have a yarn and to help himself to some lollies another bloke, Seth, had bought.

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