cat-o-nine

See also: cat-o'-nine

English

Noun

cat-o-nine (plural cat-o-nines)

  1. Alternative form 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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