kurdaitcha

British

/ kəˈdaɪtʃə /

noun

Also: kadaitcha. (in certain Central Australian Aboriginal tribes) the man with the mission of avenging the death of a tribesman

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Why did I ever know what Kurdaitcha and Interlinia mean?

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‘Among them were, perhaps, some curious native p. 304shoes, made of emu’s feathers—they are called Interlinia or, by white men, Kurdaitcha shoes?’

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Both medicine man and Kurdaitcha wore remarkable shoes.

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