"smoko" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsməʊkəʊ/ [UK] Audio: en-au-smoko.ogg [Australia] Forms: smokos [plural]
enPR: smōkʹō Rhymes: -əʊkəʊ Etymology: From smoke + -o. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|smoke|o}} smoke + -o Head templates: {{en-noun}} smoko (plural smokos)
  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. Wikipedia link: smoko Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial Categories (topical): Nautical, Smoking Synonyms: smoke-o, smoke-oh, smokeho Translations (cigarette break): tupakkatauko (Finnish), Rauchpause [feminine] (German), mōkō (Maori), переку́р (perekúr) [masculine] (Russian), čik pauza [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), переку́р (perekúr) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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