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cat-o'-nine-tails
noun as in leather
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Example Sentences
The old gentleman was clad in clerical black, with his cat-o-nine tails thrust into his girdle like a sword.
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This law meant the use of the cat-o-nine tails as a regular punishment, but did not prohibit blows to enforce immediate obedience.
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Pity we left the cat-o-nine-tails out on the boat, said the second man.
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You have forgotten it; but in my beardless days, I offended Mr. Athelstone in a way that deserved a cat-o-nine-tails.
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As soon as ever I uncovered myself, they laid on to my back with a rope made into a cat-o-nine-tails.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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