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chabouk

American  
[chah-book] / ˈtʃɑ bʊk /
Or chabuk

noun

  1. (in Asia, especially the East) a horsewhip, formerly often used for inflicting corporal punishment.


Etymology

Origin of chabouk

1805–15; < Urdu chābuk < Persian


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It is a Persian word, spelt chabouk by Moore, in Lalla Rookh.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley

Remember, effendi, if Yusuf come we go way chabouk.

From The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women by Francis Hopkinson Smith

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