单词 | kiboko |
释义 | kibokon. In Africa: a strong heavy whip made of hippopotamus hide, often used as an instrument of punishment during the period of German colonization. Cf. sjambok n. In later use also: a cane or stick. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > whip or scourge > of hide tarleather1566 plet1781 cow-skin1789 sjambok1790 kurbash1814 chabouk1817 cowhide1818 hide1851 kiboko1898 chicote1903 1898 Anti-slavery Reporter Mar.-June 123 The smallest fault was punished by twenty-five strokes of Kiboko—i.e., hipopotamus-hide whip—a regular institution there. 1969 Tanzania Notes & Rec. July 11 There were also many references to the 25 or 30 strokes of the kiboko used as a punishment in German days. 2007 Africa News (Nexis) 22 Apr. Every Ugandan in town was running for dear life, lest a kiboko lands on their buttocks... Men armed with canes descended upon anybody they could find and started flogging them without prior warning or reason. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1898 |
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