cat-o-nine-tails:

Or: cat / cat o' nine tails / cat-o'-nine-tails , a whip consisting of nine strands of fastened to a handle , each strand being cut , knotted , or studded at the end . Cats are made of leather , vinyl, rubber , fishing line, weedwhacker line , fiber optic cable, etc.
Etymology: So-named because of the saying that a cat has nine lives.
See also: bullwhip ; flogger ; whip .
See Also: 9 to 5, ailurophile, cat, cat-fighting, cat-o-nine-tails, flogger, nine bob, soixante-neuf, tit-whip

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