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society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > whip or scourge > cat-o'-nine-tails (6)
cat-o'-nine-tails1695

A whip with nine knotted lashes; till 1881 an authorized instrument of punishment in the British navy and army.

cat1788

Short for cat-o'-nine-tails, n.

bone-polisher1803

(a) (chiefly Nautical) a person who is directly subordinate to another; a servant, an underling (frequently depreciative); (b) a person who eats…

thieves' cat1867

see quots.

martinet1881

A type of cat-o'-nine-tails formerly used in French schools.

bush1895

transferred. The cat-o'-nine-tails. slang.

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