cat-o-nine-tails

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Or: cat / cat o' nine tails / cat-o'-nine-tails , a whip consisting of nine strands of fastened to a handle, each strand being cut, knotted, or studded at the end. Cats are made of leather, vinyl, rubber, fishing line, weedwhacker line, fiber optic cable, etc.
Etymology: So-named because of the saying that a cat has nine lives.
See also: bullwhip; flogger; whip.

cat-o-nine-tails

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(Noun) a lash

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