单词 | cat-o'-nine-tails |
释义 | cat-o'-nine-tails (once / 55752 pages) n WORD FAMILY cat-o'-nine-tails USAGE EXAMPLESIn those days, prison was designed for punishment and was stocked with its own supply of whipping implements such as cat-o'-nine-tails and birch rods. BBC(Nov 16, 2014) Enveloping himself in a cloak, with a cat-o'-nine-tails in his hand, he awaits developments. Lytton, Henry A., The Secrets of a Savoyard(2012) Then out came the cat-o'-nine-tails again, and he fell to flogging him as fast as he could. Asbj?rnsen, P. Chr., Tales from the Fjeld—A Second Serie...(2011) n a whip with nine knotted cords Syn|Hyper cat whip an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping |
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