supplejack

Definitions

1. 1

   Any of various North American vines that have supple stems.

2. 2

   A cane made from such a plant used as a walking stick or as a whip.

   • Above all, knock the first of them down who is insolent, and thrash any of them who are disobedient with a supplejack.
3. 3

   A child's toy in the form of a man with jointed limbs controlled by a string

   A child's toy in the form of a man with jointed limbs controlled by a string; a jumping jack.

   • and his body spread out as usual in his favourite position of a supplejack distorted to the utmost;
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   1. 4

      Any of several vines belonging to the genus Ripogonum, native to New Zealand.

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