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
All these families bear the arms described by your correspondent, but without the bend sinister.
From Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850 by Various
His descent was noble on one side, with or without the bend sinister, which he said he would never have disclaimed, had it been his, but which he did not happen to inherit.
From Essays in Little by Lang, Andrew
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
