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  • noun Alternative spelling of sjambok.
  • verb Alternative spelling of sjambok.

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Examples

  • 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

  • This "jambok" is a severe chastener to an obstinate ox.

    Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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