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Meanings of bend sinister in inglés

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Heraldic ordinary.

        barra

        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 inglés
              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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