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
  • Ancient 'pharaoh's curse' fungus shows promise in killing cancer cells.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2025
  • The song breaks Booth's life-defining generational curse.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • And the record-breaking hot spell is going to continue.
    Jade Walker, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
  • This is what Jesse, Scott, Jax Taylor, and all the rest of the people who are about to fall under the spell of a man who sports an unironic goatee fail to understand.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 25 June 2025

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“Indian sign.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Indian%20sign. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.

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