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Catherine wheel
Cath·er·ine wheel (plural Cath·er·ine wheels)


noun 
Definition:
 
U.K. 
Same as  pinwheel (sense 2)

[Late 16th century. After St. Catherine of Alexandria, executed on a spiked wheel]
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