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单词 smoke-ho
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smoke-hosmoke-ohn.

Brit. /ˈsməʊk(h)əʊ/, U.S. /ˈsmoʊkˌ(h)oʊ/, Australian English /ˈsmoʊk(h)oʊ/, New Zealand English /ˈsmʌuk(h)ʌu/
Forms: Also smoke-o, smoko.
Etymology: < smoke n. 6: see -o suffix.
colloquial (chiefly Australian, New Zealand, and Nautical).
1. A stoppage of work in order to rest and smoke. More generally, a tea-break, a rest period. Also, a cup of tea or a snack taken at work. Also attributive.
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society > leisure > [noun] > a period of > specific
nooning1552
after-dinner1576
wheta1628
High Mail1676
High Mall1712
Sabbath-day1734
Blue Monday1790
noonscape1819
noon-spell1839
children's hour1853
smoke-ho1874
welting1964
society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > rest or resting from work
smoke-ho1874
spelling1911
stoppo1938
1874 L. J. Kennaway Crusts 124 Sawyers, and stock~men, carpenters, packers, shinglers and loafers, Smoke as they work to assist them, and then knock off for a ‘smoke oh!’
1881 Adelaide Observer 31 Dec. 46 I must go to ‘smoke O’.
1897 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ viii This done, it was ‘Smoke-oh!’ The luxury of that rest and refreshment was something to be grateful for.
1898 M. Davitt Life & Progr. Australasia 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.
1930 V. Palmer Passage 247 At smoko, when they took a spell in the middle of loading the boat..the talk was of Lew.
1938 F. A. Worsley First Voy. in Square-rigged Ship iii. 56 ‘Five minutes' smoke-oh,’ was the mate's reply.
1942 ‘S. Campion’ Bonanza i. 21 C'm'on, now, cobbers, we'll go make ourselves smoke-o, eh? Nuthin' like a cuppa.
1953 A. Upfield Murder must Wait iii. 26 A billy of tea and a slice of brownie..a smoko tea suitable for a half-caste.
1954 T. Ronan Vision Splendid 179 If you blokes aren't coming down for your smoko I'll throw it away.
1961 G. Foulser Seaman's Voice ix. 136 It was then ‘kaffetid’ or smoko as U.K. seamen call it.
1961 P. White Riders in Chariot xiii. 456 It was just on smoke-o. The machines were easing... It was now time to relax.
1963 H. C. de Mierre Long Voy. i. 7 The stevedores broke off for their mid-morning ‘smoke-ho’.
1970 D. M. Davin Not here, not Now vi. i. 274 An hour off to eat and then on again from one till three. Another smoko then, and on again till five.
1972 P. Newton Sheep Thief iii. 27 By ‘smoko’ time..the three drovers had arrived in from the back.
1978 O. White Silent Reach viii. 85 Margan..let the big truck roll to a standstill. ‘Smoke-oh,’ he announced.
2. = smoke concert n. at smoke n. Compounds 3.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > [noun] > concert > types of
Philharmonic concert1740
benefit-concert1759
chamber concert1760
recital1762
Dutch concert1774
concert performance1777
philharmonica1796
musical soirée1821
sacred concert1832
soirée musicale1836
promenade concert1839
pianoforte recital1840
ballad concert1855
piano recital1855
Monday pop1862
Pop1862
promenade1864
popular1865
Schubertiad1869
recitative1873
organ recital1877
pop concert1880
smoker1887
smoke concert1888
café concert1891
prom1902
smoke-ho1918
smoking-concert1934
hootenanny1940
opry1940
Liederabend1958
1918 G. A. Taylor Those were Days 30 The State Governor was present, and it was a rare incident for that distinguished party to grace an Art Society ‘Smoko’.
1957 D. Niland Call me when Cross turns Over vii. 170 He chopped wood for hotels and boarding-houses, and some~times was roped in as an entertainer at smokos and concerts.
1976 Australian 24 Apr. 18 The Leader of the Opposition, Mr Whitlam, worked in his Sydney office and attended a ‘smoko’ at Wentworthville RSL club last night.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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