Indian sign
Indian sign noun: a curse causing loss of will power or persistent bad luck.
Noun
Indian sign (plural Indian signs)
- A curse causing loss of will power or persistent bad luck.
- "You certainly are my jinx, sonny. You have hung the Indian sign on me all right."1913, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 12, in The Little Nugget
- "We have been jinxed with a vengeance. Some one has held the Indian sign on us for sure."1921, Arthur B. Reeve, chapter 6, in The Film Mystery
Examples of Indian sign in a sentence
- Vincent Parry (Humphrey Bogart): Nah, I've got the Indian sign on me.1947, Dark Passage (motion picture), Warner Brothers
- "You're the only woman who ever had the Indian sign on me.1996, Mario Puzo, The Last Don, →ISBN, page 83:
- Argentina have held an Indian sign over Nigeria at World Cups going back to 1994, when the African nation first qualified.2018 June 25, David Hytner, “Mikel aiming to turn tables 13 years after Messi took his Golden Ball”, in The Guardian:
Synonyms of Indian sign
Forms of Indian sign
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Questions about Indian sign
- What does Indian sign mean?
- Indian sign means a curse causing loss of will power or persistent bad luck.
- How do you use Indian sign in a sentence?
- Vincent Parry (Humphrey Bogart): Nah, I've got the Indian sign on me.
- What part of speech is Indian sign?
- Indian sign is a noun.
- What is the plural of Indian sign?
- The plural of Indian sign is Indian signs.
Words near Indian sign in the dictionary
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