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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