government stroke

Noun

 * 1)  The deliberately slow pace of work supposed to be typical of government workers.
 * 2) * 1991 December 2, Donald Bowman, debate before the New South Wales Legislative Assembly:
 * Why not just leave things as they are and say, "We are going to run this government organisation efficiently; we are going to make sure that the government stroke has disappeared, that the managers are on the ball and that the customers get good service".
 * 1)  The amount work that a convict was required to complete each day.