| 单词 | thieves' cat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthieves' cat thieves' cat n. see quots. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > whip or scourge > cat-o'-nine-tails cat-o'-nine-tails1695 cat1788 bone-polisher1803 thieves' cat1867 martinet1881 bush1895 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Thieves' Cat, a cat-o'-nine-tails having knots upon it..used for the punishment of theft. 1899 Daily News 19 Sept. 6/3 The ‘cat’ used at Macquarie Harbour..was called ‘the thief's cat’, or ‘double cat o' nine-tails’. < as lemmas |
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