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cat-o-nine-tails

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cat-o'-nine-tails

[kat-uh-nahyn-teylz]
–noun, plural -tails.
a whip, usually having nine knotted lines or cords fastened to a handle, used for flogging.

Origin:
1685–95; so called in allusion to a cat's scratches
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