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- noun Alternative spelling of
sjambok . - verb Alternative spelling of
sjambok .
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Examples
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This "jambok" is a severe chastener to an obstinate ox.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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This "jambok" is a severe chastener to an obstinate ox.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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My horse shied very much at first, alarmed at the strange appearance of "Chukuroo," but by a sharp application of spur and jambok I prevailed upon him to follow, and presently, the ground improving, I got alongside, and, firing at the gallop, sent a bullet through her shoulder.
Forest & Frontiers 1867
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I entirely discarded coat, waistcoat, and neckcloth; and I always hunted with my arms bare; my heels were armed with a pair of powerful persuaders, and from my left wrist depended, by a double rheimpy (thong), an equally persuasive sea-cow jambok (whip of solid leather).
The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries Francis Galton 1866
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Whenever the led oxen misbehaved, and Swartboy could not reach them with his long "voor-slag," Hendrik was ever ready to tickle them with his tough jambok; and, by this means, frighten them into good behaviour.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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Totty still ruled the kitchen; and, of course, Swartboy was the important man about the house, and for many a long year after cracked his great whip, and flourished his jambok among the long-horned oxen of the wealthy landdrost.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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It was with some difficulty that they could be driven off; but the roar of a lion, that was just then heard over the plain, and the repeated application of Swartboy's _jambok_, rendered them more tractable, and at length they suffered themselves to be driven home, and lodged within their kraals.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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It was with some difficulty that they could be driven off; but the roar of a lion, that was just then heard over the plain, and the repeated application of Swartboy's _jambok_, rendered them more tractable, and at length they suffered themselves to be driven home, and lodged within their kraals.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
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Whenever the led oxen misbehaved, and Swartboy could not reach them with his long "voorslag," Hendrik was ever ready to tickle them with his tough jambok; and, by this means, frighten them into good behaviour.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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Totty still ruled the kitchen; and, of course, Swartboy was the important man about the house, and for many a long year after cracked his great whip, and flourished his jambok among the long-horned oxen of the wealthy landdrost.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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