An especially painful kind of whip, in which a handle is attached to nine knotted pieces of cotton rope.
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Cat-o’-nine Tails Term Timeline in No Sugar
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Act 2, Scene 4
...the Aboriginal girls when they’re cooking or sewing, threatening them with lustful looks and his cat-o’-nine tails whip.
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