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Meanings of bend sinister in English

Russian
перевязь слева
Portuguese
barra
Spanish
barra
Catalan
barra
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Heraldic ordinary.

перевязь слева

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

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Examples for "bar sinister"
Examples for "bar sinister"
1
Not a man of them left a bar sinister on th' scutcheon!
The Freebooters of the Wilderness
2
At the same moment, verbally, he cast the bar sinister on my genealogy.
The Road
3
Also, she thought she was all-white, and never dreamed of a bar sinister.
A Son of the Sun
4
The history of France swarms with princes bearing the bar sinister on their shields.
The Ball at Sceaux
5
Had she been merely of illegitimate birth, he would have overlooked the bar sinister.
The House Behind the Cedars
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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