Etymology

smoko

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

First used 19th c.English oh ← Middle English o ← Old French oh
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  1. Old Englishsmoca
  2. Middle Englishsmoke
  3. Englishsmoke
  4. Latinō
  5. Old Frenchoh
  6. Middle Englisho
  7. EnglishO
  8. Middle Englisho
  9. Englishoh
  10. English todaysmoko

From smoke + -o.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 19th c. 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.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.