pen-down strike
n.— «Bandhs, hartals, pen-down strike, work-to-rule agitation…the Left has a huge list of euphemisms for simply not working.» —“Tragically funny” News Today (Chennai, India) June 29, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
The word dezzick is defined in an 1875 dictionary of the Sussex dialect as “a day’s work.” This is part of a complete episode.
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