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Definition of cat-o’-nine-tails noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cat-o’-nine-tails

noun
 
/ˌkæt ə ˈnaɪn teɪlz/
 
/ˌkæt ə ˈnaɪn teɪlz/
[singular]
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  1. a whip made of nine strings with knots in them, that was used to punish prisoners in the past
    • He was flogged with a cat-o’-nine tails.
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