breakback

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A long, literally endless job, thankless breakback labor out in the middle of traffic, under the weather, punctuated by coffee breaks and pauses.

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  • A long, literally endless job, thankless breakback labor out in the middle of traffic, under the weather, punctuated by coffee breaks and pauses. —  reddit.com: what's new online!
  • The only non-mechanized "breakback" work I've actually seen someone DO is hold a "Slow: Work Zone" sign. —  reddit.com: what's new online!
  • At last, when the pressure was severely felt, there came the usual breakback, which took the form of a most determined night attack upon the British line. —  The Great Boer War
 

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