after sjambok, noun phrase

Origin:
South African DutchShow more Partial calque on South African Dutch achteros sjambok; see agteros sjambok.
obs.
agteros sjambok.
1838 T. Shone Diary. 17 Nov.I hung up two after sambucks to dry for the use of my waggon.
1878 T.J. Lucas Camp Life & Sport 43There is generally a third performer sitting..in front of the waggon, whose business it is to punish the wheelers with an ‘after sjambok’, or thick strip of sea-cow hide.
1914 S.P. Hyatt Old Transport Rd 273An ‘after-sjambok’, a bullock sjambok, seven feet long.
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