bend sinister
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That in heraldry, a bend sinister indicates bastardy.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2019
The shield was—Per fesse embattled, ar. and sa., three falcons, belted, countercharged—a bend sinister.
From Notes and Queries, Number 47, September 21, 1850 by Various
There were several generations of them, and used for their arms those of Bonville with the addition of a bend sinister; they also became extinct.
From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by William Henry Hamilton Rogers
That a market should be held upon the Sabbath in this city, is a "bend sinister" upon its escutcheon.
From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 by Jonathon Holt Ingraham
There is a strange bend sinister in human nature, against sincerity, that will indulge itself even at the cost of life itself.
From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Charles James Lever
