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Definition of Smoko
1. Noun. (Australia New Zealand Falkland Islands) A cigarette break from work or military duty, often used onboard ship. ¹
2. Noun. (Australia New Zealand Falkland Islands) (colloquial) Any similar break from work for a drink, rest, snack, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Smoko
1. "time-out" for a smoke [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smoko
Literary usage of Smoko
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Commentary on the Psalms from Primitive and Mediæval Writers: And from the by John Mason Neale, Richard Frederick Littledale, Miles Coverdale (1879)
"... and wisdom, which he compares to pillars of cloud, gold, silver, iron, smoko,
marble, and peace, supporting his similes by Scriptural references. ..."
2. The Household Book of Poetry by Charles Anderson Dana (1873)
"The smoko like burning incense towers ; S<> should a praying heart of yours With
ardent c:iea Surmount the skies: Thus think, and smoko tobacco. ..."
3. Scottish Law Magazine, and Sheriff Court Reporter by Scotland Sheriff Courts (1864)
"It appears tii.it three furnaces contribute their smoko to the great south ...
allow the one seven minutes and the other ten minutes of smoko for the first ..."
4. The Fortnightly Review (1882)
"This smoko arises mainly, doubtless, from chimneys; but it reminds one of the
... Its boasted absence of wind causes tho addition of smoko from chimneys or ..."
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