Meaning of sjambok | Babel Free

Definitions

A stout whip, especially made of rhinoceros or hippopotamus hide.

South-Africa

Examples

“He learnt that he was a slave, in spite of all the petty airs he might assume, a slave shackled to a yoke, to be scolded when he lagged, flogged when he rebelled with the sjambok of the modern driver, Threat of the Sack.”

“Foppl stood holding a sjambok or cattle whip of giraffe hide, tapping the handle against his leg in a steady, syncopated figure.”

“Several accusations had been brought in against her and every time she'd denied them she had been beaten with a sjambok.”

“If dialogue is ever to have a chance, South Africans must find a way to turn away from violence in all its forms — the brutal violence of the sjambok”

“Police arrested almost 40 locals yesterday after a crowd took part in illegal marches and refused to disperse. The locals were armed with sticks, sjamboks and other weapons.”

CEFR level