sjambok
(in southern Africa) a heavy whip, usually of rhinoceros hide.
to whip with or as if with such a whip.
Origin of sjambok
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How to use sjambok in a sentence
He would not; so Gideon left him tied up all night, promising him some more sjambok in the morning.
Aletta | Bertram MitfordThey'll be here to-night, old De Wet says, and they're to come here and sjambok the Englishmen who've been talking too much.
From Capetown to Ladysmith | G. W. SteevensThen came the sharp crack as of a sjambok wielded by a strong and well-accustomed arm.
Charge! | George Manville FennOne tattered little boy of ten cracked his sjambok whip behind the bullocks.
The War in South Africa | Arthur Conan DoyleHe got careless with his sjambok and flicked a tall Swazi warrior on a naked but important part of his anatomy.
Adventures in Swaziland | Owen Rowe O'Neil
British Dictionary definitions for sjambok
/ (ˈʃæmbʌk, in South Africa -bɒk) /
a heavy whip of rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide
a stiff synthetic version of this, used in crowd control
(tr) to strike or beat with such a whip
Origin of sjambok
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