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Noun: sjambok  'sham,bók
Usage: S.Africa
  1. A stout whip, especially made of rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide
    "The sjambok was a feared instrument of punishment in colonial Africa"
Verb: sjambok (sjambokked,sjambokking)  'sham,bók
Usage: S.Africa
  1. To whip with a sjambok
    "The cruel overseer sjamboked the workers who failed to meet their quotas"

Derived forms: sjamboks, sjambokking, sjambokked

Encyclopedia: Sjambok