sjambok
/sham-bok, -buhk/US // ʃæmˈbɒk, -ˈbʌk //UK // (ˈʃæmbʌk, in South Africa -bɒk) //
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a heavy whip, usually of rhinoceros hide.
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : to whip with or as if with such a whip.
Examples
He would not; so Gideon left him tied up all night, promising him some more sjambok in the morning.
They'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.
Then came the sharp crack as of a sjambok wielded by a strong and well-accustomed arm.
One tattered little boy of ten cracked his sjambok whip behind the bullocks.
He got careless with his sjambok and flicked a tall Swazi warrior on a naked but important part of his anatomy.
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