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Meanings of bend sinister in English

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Heraldic ordinary.

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        A mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left.

              Usage of bend sinister in English
              1
              The bend sinister of ostracism was the source of his hunger.
              The Demolished Man
              2
              One with a bend sinister, we presume.
              Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 17, 1920
              3
              Remember that most all slang is of vulgar origin and bears upon its face the bend sinister of vulgarity.
              How to Speak and Write Correctly
              4
              For all of the bend sinister upon his escutcheon, Reginald Maltravers was as fanatical concerning the family as his father.
              The Cruise of the Jasper B.
              5
              By what legitimatizing process the bend sinister was erased, and the marquisate preserved, we have hitherto been unable to ascertain.
              Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847
              6
              Far better the bend sinister in his own class than a legitimate parent of the type of 'Gene Bisbee or D.V.
              The Avalanche: A Mystery Story
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