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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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