smoko AusE
smokeho NZE

"Let's go and have smoko while they settle down eh?"

Today the mine's smoko room sits near this site.

Although a slang term, the word "smoko" has been used in government writing and industrial relations reports to mean a short work break.

The smoko break in Australia has become an institution symbolic of working culture and even of workers' rights.

"I certainly understand the politics of what we're doing," Mr. Smoko said.

It has become the town smoko signal sounding at 10am, noon, and 3pm.

I have a break for smoko at about 10.30am and have lunch about 1.00 pm.

Drink: a cup of tea during a regular smoko (traditional tea break)

"Next year's budget is going to be tough enough without stretching the revenue estimates," Mr. Smoko said.

"Property should be assessed at fair market value and a good view certainly increases value," said Mr. Smoko.

Mr. Smoko and other legislative leaders said they favored raising the additional money through bonding rather than using surplus monies.

At eleven in the morning and four in the afternoon the men gathered in the dining room for the smoko ritual.

Just taking a smoko now, I'd bet." " "

The tradition of a smoko in the Australian sense seems to have begun amongst sheep shearers in the 1860s.

This distant country, stuffed with unexploded landmines, gives them a warm welcome, a hearty smoko and coveted peace of mind.

Smoko at the Pet Food Factory (2011)

Among sheep shearers in Australia, "smoko" is a mid-morning break, between breakfast and lunch, in which a light meal may be eaten.

Ronald L. Smoko of Hamden and Representative.

The Australian Industrial Relations Commission has arbitrated cases of industrial action over workers' entitlement to a smoko break.

Smoko Mount is a mountain on East Falkland, Falkland Islands.

-o: smoko (smoking break)

The smoko is well known in all Falkland Islands and it basically consists in a snack of tea or coffee and homemade cakes.

"They're telling me seven- and eight-to-one, 'Representative Smoko, I don't want it,' " he said.

'What's a smoko?'

Squadron Esquel - Smoko Mount (East Falkland).