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noun

mainly Australian a temporary cessation of work as a form of protest

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How to use stop-work in a sentence

By129 evening they had got this higher than their heads, and had to stop work from sheer exhaustion.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6)|John McElroy
Then he would stop work and sit in the bunk house and read till the last page was turned.
The Hidden Places|Bertrand W. Sinclair
At last a woman physician she saw told her she must stop work or she would die.
Making Both Ends Meet|Sue Ainslie Clark and Edith Wyatt
And sometimes he would stop work altogether and tell Lady Hermione about his home-life in Worcestershire.
Happy Days|Alan Alexander Milne

The company was compelled to stop work, however, for lack of the necessary means to continue.
American Inventions and Inventors|William A. Mowry

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