[1895–1900; smoke + -o]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backwind, calling card, cutback, neon, slapstick-o is a suffix occurring as the final element in informal shortenings of nouns (ammo; combo; condo; limo; promo); -o also forms nouns, usually derogatory, for persons or things exemplifying or associatedwith that specified by the base noun or adjective (cheapo; pinko; sicko; weirdo; wino)
Examples of 'smoko' in a sentence
smoko
At 10am we all stop for smoko - tea, cake and more ciggies.