Definition of donko in English:

donko

nounPlural donkosˈdɒŋkəʊ

NZ informal

A room in a workplace where employees spend breaks.
there'd be after-work drinks in the donko
Example sentencesExamples
- The donko was silent, a silence punctuated by the slap of cards, the scrape of matches and the clatter of enamel mugs.
- They'd had a really neat donko for smoko where he could really put his feet up.
- The men drifting from the donko wove the final hymn through the thud of the works machine.
- Silence settled, with the smell of the pots, over the donko.
- In the woolstores, smoko was held in the donko.
- He sits in the donko beside the rotary milking shed on the 235-hectare family farm.
- It’s equally clear you don’t visit construction site donkos.
- Government photographers also ventured from the factory into the staff cafeteria, the tea-room, or the 'donko' to record workers at rest.

Origin

1970s: possibly an abbreviation of slang donkey room, a room housing a donkey engine at the Wellington wharves, where workers would shelter in inclement weather.

词汇	donko
释义	Definition of donko in English: donko nounPlural donkosˈdɒŋkəʊ NZ informal A room in a workplace where employees spend breaks. there'd be after-work drinks in the donko Example sentencesExamples The donko was silent, a silence punctuated by the slap of cards, the scrape of matches and the clatter of enamel mugs. They'd had a really neat donko for smoko where he could really put his feet up. The men drifting from the donko wove the final hymn through the thud of the works machine. Silence settled, with the smell of the pots, over the donko. In the woolstores, smoko was held in the donko. He sits in the donko beside the rotary milking shed on the 235-hectare family farm. It’s equally clear you don’t visit construction site donkos. Government photographers also ventured from the factory into the staff cafeteria, the tea-room, or the 'donko' to record workers at rest. Origin 1970s: possibly an abbreviation of slang donkey room, a room housing a donkey engine at the Wellington wharves, where workers would shelter in inclement weather.
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