cat-o-nine
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See also: cat-o'-nine
Noun
cat-o-nine (plural cat-o-nines)
- Alternative spelling of cat-o'-nine, which is short for cat-o'-nine-tails.
- 1981, Barbara Fitz Vroman, Sons of thunder, page 371:
- First they whipped him with a cat-o-nine. He never groaned.
- 1996, Glenda Sanders, A Human Touch, page 169:
- “Now that's compliance, Kyle. What do you use for discipline, a cattle prod or a cat-o-nine?”
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