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That is at football, by the way, not just the nation's game but its sackcloth and ashes, its cat-o'-nine-tails, its hemlock on the bedside table.

Wales join the queue to give England's divine right a real kicking | Kevin Mitchell 2011

A day is not complete until I take off my Cilice, and rake my back with a cat-o nine tails for a few hours to cleanse myself of the sins of this unholy world and get right with the Lord if you know what I mean.wink,wink However, I wasn't all that much in favor of flogging our children to make sure they keep their pie holes shut.

05/01/2005 - 05/08/2005 2005

A day is not complete until I take off my Cilice, and rake my back with a cat-o nine tails for a few hours to cleanse myself of the sins of this unholy world and get right with the Lord if you know what I mean.wink,wink However, I wasn't all that much in favor of flogging our children to make sure they keep their pie holes shut.

Crooks, Liars, and a Godly Man with one Hell of a Backhand 2005

A day is not complete until I take off my Cilice, and rake my back with a cat-o nine tails for a few hours to cleanse myself of the sins of this unholy world and get right with the Lord if you know what I mean.wink,wink However, I wasn't all that much in favor of flogging our children to make sure they keep their pie holes shut.

Archive 2005-05-01 2005

Castlereagh, pictured in Cruikshank's engraving with a cat-o '- nine-tails behind his back, was notorious for the fervor with which he employed this punishment during the Irish "troubles" of 1798.

Notes and Commentary 1998

You are like a cockney, who doesn't know how to twist a cat-o '- nine-tails, or make a splice.

The Blockade Runners 1876

This little cat-o'-nine tails flogger is like S&M training wheels for people who might like a little pain with their pleasure: it's easy to make it sting, but difficult to accidentally, er, do any serious damage.

Gizmodo Brent Rose 2011

Why exactly was I thinking of convict floggings with the cat-o'-nine-tails and corpses on the gibbet?

The Seattle Times 2011

Today, the orange-brick edifice contains a museum with a permanent collection of cat-o'-nine-tails and leg irons - and an elegant cafe across the courtyard.

The Seattle Times 2011

Salvation Boulevard, one character threatens another with torture via cat-o'-nine-tails, graphically describing the damage that will be inflicted if they can't come to an agreement.

NPR Topics: News 2011