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词汇 feather foot
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Definition of feather foot in English:

feather foot

nounPlural feather feet
Australian

  • (among Aborigines) a man empowered to carry out vengeance or punishment; a kadaitcha.

    the elders said the feather feet had taken him away
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The feather-foot man's role is to keep the law and deal with those who have transgressed.
    • The book is about a contemporary Aboriginal feather-foot.
    • Central Desert aboriginal women have told him of “feather foot” spirits.
    • The Featherfoot features broadly in Aboriginal traditions as the commissioned revenge-killer.
    • Them fellas down there might be feather-foot.

Origin

1960s: from the coverings of feathers which such people are said to wear in order to disguise their tracks.
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