colloq. Also smoko. [f. SMOKE sb. 6.] A stoppage of work in order to rest and smoke. Also attrib.
1898. F. T. Bullen, Cruise ‘Cachalot,’ viii. 77. This done, it was ‘Smoke-oh!’ The luxury of that rest and refreshment was something to be grateful for.
1898. Davitt, Life & Progr. Austral., lxxvi. 424. There is a ‘smoke-ho’ time allowed in a few of the prisons.
1900. H. Lawson, On Track, 133. We go through the day … in runs of about an hour and 20 minutes between smoke-ho’s.
