Indian sign

chiefly British
as in curse
something that brings bad luck the Indian sign has apparently been put on that rugby team, which has lost 10 straight games

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Recent Examples of Indian sign In addition to all of that, Decker is developing a curriculum for a Plains Indian sign language course, using financing from an Indigenous Research Center Faculty Researchers Award. Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2021
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Noun
  • Her goal helped the club secure its first berth in the NWSL playoffs, snapping a ninth-place curse that had haunted the team since its debut in 2021.
    Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • So begins a rollicking tale of superstition, a family curse and second chances.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
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  • There were improvements in players like Matheus Cunha and Rayan Ait-Nouri, the development of Joao Gomes and Maximilian Kilman, and the best spells in the Wolves careers of both Pedro Neto and Hwang Hee-chan.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • With their wives away for a spell, the husbands swiftly unraveled at home.
    Paula Mejía, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025

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“Indian sign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Indian%20sign. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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