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
  • The sheer volume of deals promoted by Amazon during sales like Prime Day is a blessing and a curse.
    Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 12 June 2025
  • No conference in major college football can match the Big 12 for parity, which is both a blessing and curse.
    Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • This is his second spell as manager after Al Ittihad briefly lured him away to work in the Saudi Pro League.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 8 June 2025
  • As for what comes next in Dabbagh’s club career – after his loan spell with Aberdeen ended on a spectacular high, he is set to return to Charleroi, with his current contract reportedly running until 2026.
    George Ramsay, CNN Money, 5 June 2025

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“Indian sign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Indian%20sign. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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