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   sjambok

   /ˈʃambɒk/

   noun

   • 1. (in South Africa) a long, stiff whip, originally made of rhinoceros hide.

   verb

   • 1. flog with a sjambok: "she was sjambokked because she was thought to have been involved in witchcraft"

   Word Origin from South African Dutch tjambok, via Malay from Urdu chābuk.

   Scrabble Points: 22

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