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.
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Sjambok
//ˈʃæmbɒk//
Synonyms for "sjambok" (14 found)
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Foppl stood holding a sjambok or cattle whip of giraffe hide, tapping the handle against his leg in a steady, syncopated figure.
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Several accusations had been brought in against her and every time she'd denied them she had been beaten with a sjambok.
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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
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