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
  • Some monks who were once forced off the island put a curse on it and everyone who ever took anything away from it.
    Sara Stridsberg September 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
  • When her curse begins to affect her physically, Amada travels to the Abyss to seek a cure from the Grand Warlock.
    Mia Sosa, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There was directness and purpose to his play, even in that short spell.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The Netflix subsidiary behind the first and the third seasons of The Witcher was called Hocus Pocus Productions in a nod to the spells at the heart of the story.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025

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

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