bend sinister

Example Sentences

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That in heraldry, a bend sinister indicates bastardy.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2019

By what legitimatizing process the bend sinister was erased, and the marquisate preserved, we have hitherto been unable to ascertain.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 by Various

Far better the bend sinister in his own class than a legitimate parent of the type of 'Gene Bisbee or D.V.

From The Avalanche by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

There were several generations of them, and used for their arms those of Bonville with the addition of a bend sinister; they also became extinct.

From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by Rogers, William Henry Hamilton

Remember that most all slang is of vulgar origin and bears upon its face the bend sinister of vulgarity.

From How to Speak and Write Correctly by Devlin, Joseph