But I do tell you one thing, if you ſhould give ſuch Language at Sea, you'd have a Cat o' Nine-tails laid croſs your Shoulders.
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Cat-o'-nine-tails
Synonyms for "cat-o'-nine-tails" (2 found)
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Translations
23 translations across 19 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 九尾猫 noun (nine-corded whip)
- 九尾鞭 noun (nine-corded whip)
Czech
2 entries- devítiocasá kočka noun (nine-corded whip)
- důtky noun (nine-corded whip)
Danish
1 entries- nihalet kat noun (nine-corded whip)
Dutch
1 entries- kat met negen staarten noun (nine-corded whip)
Esperanto
1 entries- naŭvosta kato noun (nine-corded whip)
Finnish
1 entries- yhdeksänhäntäinen kissa noun (nine-corded whip)
French
1 entries- chat à neuf queues noun (nine-corded whip)
German
1 entries- neunschwänzige Katze noun (nine-corded whip)
Hebrew
1 entries- חָתוּל בַּעַל תִּשְׁעַת הַזְנָבוֹת noun (nine-corded whip)
Hungarian
1 entries- kilencfarkú macska noun (nine-corded whip)
Indonesian
1 entries- cambuk noun (nine-corded whip)
Italian
1 entries- gatto a nove code noun (nine-corded whip)
Korean
1 entries- 아홉꼬리 고양이 noun (nine-corded whip)
Norwegian
2 entries- katt noun (nine-corded whip)
- nihalet katt noun (nine-corded whip)
Polish
1 entries- kańczug noun (nine-corded whip)
Portuguese
1 entries- chicote noun (nine-corded whip)
Russian
2 entries- девятихво́стка noun (nine-corded whip)
- ко́шка noun (nine-corded whip)
Spanish
1 entries- gato de nueve colas noun (nine-corded whip)
Swedish
1 entries- niosvansad katt noun (nine-corded whip)
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