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Liberally, mask job making rhino-leather whip (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sjambok

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'whip' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'liberally mask job making rhino-leather' is the wordplay.
'mask job' can be anagrammed to 'SJAMBOK'.
However, I am not sure how this is indicated.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for sjambok that I've seen before include "Afrikaans whip" , "Rhinoceros whip" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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