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government stroke
n. 1 (context Australia slang English) The deliberately slow pace of work supposed to be typical of government workers.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Broadcasting%20Commission http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20National ''Lingua Franca'' program, 24 August 2002 . 2 (context Australia slang obsolete or historical English) The amount work that a convict was required to complete each day.'''1996''', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Hughes%20(critic), ''http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Fatal%20Shore'' ISBN 1-86046-150-6.