honeybadger English
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* 1984 , Gus Adendorff, Hilary Rennie, Wild Company , page 51 ,
- The Africans have often mentioned to me that a honeybadger (shidzidzi ) when cornered, will stand his ground against any living thing and give a good account of himself into the bargain.
* 1990 , Mike Nicol, The Powers That Be , page 58 ,
- ‘Don?t any of you come sneaking around or you?ll feel the size of my fist and a length of sjambok across your bums, ja,’ he shouted, shaking fist and whip; then charged down the boards with the look of an angry honeybadger so that the fisherfolk scattered like gulls.
* 2006 , , Murder, HE Wrote: A Successful Writer?s Life , page 150 ,
- There were two major projects I was expected to throw myself into with the zeal of a cornered honeybadger .
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