cat-o-nine

cat-o-nine

See also: cat-o'-nine

English

Noun

cat-o-nine (plural cat-o-nines)

1. Alternative spelling of cat-o'-nine, which is short for cat-o'-nine-tails.
   • 1981, Barbara Fitz Vroman, Sons of thunder, page 371:

     First they whipped him with a cat-o-nine. He never groaned.

   • 1996, Glenda Sanders, A Human Touch, page 169:

     “Now that's compliance, Kyle. What do you use for discipline, a cattle prod or a cat-o-nine?”

Anagrams

• actineon, enaction, octennia