cat-o-nine
Appearance
See also: cat-o'-nine
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]cat-o-nine (plural cat-o-nines)
- Alternative spelling 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?”