Definition of government stroke in English:

government stroke

noun

usually the government strokeAustralian, NZ

A deliberately slow pace of work, typically associated with public servants.
the labourer naturally prefers the government stroke
Example sentencesExamples
- As a result of state interference, Australia and New Zealand have a new kind of labor called government stroke.
- It costs so much more by government stroke to build locomotives that the government can save $4,000 on each locomotive by purchasing from US companies.
- No ploughs were allowed, with the idea of making the prisoners' work laborious, so the convicts responded with the government stroke.
- This government stroke means that it takes so much longer to dig a ditch, to construct a building, build a bridge or a piece of railroad.
- Municipal ownership brings with it the government stroke just as any other kind of governmental ownership does.
- The labourer naturally prefers the government stroke and can be tempted away from that easy and pleasant way of passing his time only by an increased rate of wages.
- The fact is, we're indulging in the government stroke.
- Do you not think it would have the effect of giving them the government stroke?
- What the Australian calls 'government stroke', Americans call 'soldiering on the job'.
- In Australia, this government stroke figures into every contract for work for the government.

单词	government stroke
释义	Definition of government stroke in English: government stroke noun usually the government strokeAustralian, NZ A deliberately slow pace of work, typically associated with public servants. the labourer naturally prefers the government stroke Example sentencesExamples As a result of state interference, Australia and New Zealand have a new kind of labor called government stroke. It costs so much more by government stroke to build locomotives that the government can save $4,000 on each locomotive by purchasing from US companies. No ploughs were allowed, with the idea of making the prisoners' work laborious, so the convicts responded with the government stroke. This government stroke means that it takes so much longer to dig a ditch, to construct a building, build a bridge or a piece of railroad. Municipal ownership brings with it the government stroke just as any other kind of governmental ownership does. The labourer naturally prefers the government stroke and can be tempted away from that easy and pleasant way of passing his time only by an increased rate of wages. The fact is, we're indulging in the government stroke. Do you not think it would have the effect of giving them the government stroke? What the Australian calls 'government stroke', Americans call 'soldiering on the job'. In Australia, this government stroke figures into every contract for work for the government.
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