stink-cat

Then the other two hit me with kerries -- great blows -- and my arms being tied I could not defend myself, though I knew that they would soon kill me; so I groaned and dropped down, pretending to be dead -- just like a stink-cat.

The People of the Mist Henry Rider Haggard 1890

"In the same way that I know a weasel by its face and a stink-cat by its smell," I replied, for every minute I hated that advocate more.

Swallow: a tale of the great trek Henry Rider Haggard 1890

Now be off, you stink-cat of the rocks, lest I send some to hunt you from your hole who this time will use the points and not the shafts of their assegais.

Swallow: a tale of the great trek Henry Rider Haggard 1890

But anything that that stink-cat Ryltar is so worried about can't be all that bad. "

The Order War Modesitt, L. E. 1995

But anything that that stink-cat Ryltar is so worried about can't be all that bad. "

The Order War Modesitt, L. E. 1995

"Look you, all have been talking, and I have shammed dead like a stink-cat when dogs are about; now I am going to begin.

Swallow: a tale of the great trek Henry Rider Haggard 1890

"'" Here is one who shams dead like a stink-cat, "said a big fellow, lifting his spear.

Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales Henry Rider Haggard 1890