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Examples
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"She's the one who used the electric shock-rod on them when they made mistakes."
The Fuzzy Papers Piper, H. Beam 1962
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He thrust the frequency-transformer into a hole prepared for just such an emergency, grabbed up his shock-rod and stepped closer to the natives.
Man of Many Minds 1925
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But say come humans with shock-rod, hunt we, hurt we, make we work more hard, be more cruel to we.
Man of Many Minds 1925
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Philander, and with a curse he ran back and touched them with that shock-rod he carried.
Man of Many Minds 1925
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They looked at him questioningly for a moment, but he smiled reassuringly at them and they, having learned that he never used that dread shock-rod on them, all went back to their labors, leaving the one native standing there.
Man of Many Minds 1925
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Use your shock-rod at every least sign of mutiny or loafing.
Man of Many Minds 1925
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It did, however, appear to be keeping its eyes alertly on that dread shock-rod hanging loosely in Hanlon's hand.
Man of Many Minds 1925
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