cat-o-nine in English

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          "ref": "1981, Barbara Fitz Vroman, Sons of thunder, page 371",
          "text": "First they whipped him with a cat-o-nine. He never groaned.",
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          "text": "“Now that's compliance, Kyle. What do you use for discipline, a cattle prod or a cat-o-nine?”",
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"cat-o-nine" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms