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cat-o-nine en · NOUN

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

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