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Bend sinister
Meaning
Noun
●
In Heraldic charges:
A
diagonal
band
on a
coat of arms
going from the
sinister
chief
(the viewer's
top
right) to the
dexter
base
, sometimes
held
to
indicate
bastardy.
●
Bastardy, (
by extension
) a
defect
or stigma.
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