supplejack

Any of various North American vines that have supple stems.

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.

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;

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