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Definition of letter stick in English: letter sticknoun Australian (among Australian Aborigines) a piece of wood carved with symbolic patterns, used as a means of communication between communities; a message stick. he understood the ancient writing on the letter sticks Example sentencesExamples - It was, as the inspector knew, a ceremonial letter stick.
- I delivered these letter-sticks, bringing news of the births, deaths and marriages.
- In their tradition, they said, an outsider to their country must have a letter stick.
- I became postman of a score or so of letter-sticks, the aborigines' only attempt at a written language.
- She became a constant traveller between the two islands and the mainland, carrying letter sticks.
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