Indian sign

English Pronunciation en En-au-Indian sign.ogg AU Noun en idiomatic dated mildly _ offensive A curse causing loss of will power or persistent bad luck. en 1913 w:P. G. Wodehouse The Little Nugget 12 "You certainly are my jinx, sonny. You have hung the Indian sign on me all right." en 1921 w:Arthur B. Reeve The Film Mystery 6 "We have been jinxed with a vengeance. Some one has held the Indian sign on us for sure." 1947, Dark Passage (motion picture), Warner Brothers: Vincent Parry (Humphrey Bogart): Nah, I've got the Indian sign on me. It seems I can't win. en 1996 w:Mario Puzo The Last Don 9780345412218 http://books.google.ca/books?id=f8olt9vCB3YC&pg=PA83&dq=%22Indian+sign%22+subject:%22fiction%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Rzu9UOeUAYaBywHH4ICABQ&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=%22Indian%20sign%22%20subject%3A%22fiction%22&f=false 83 "You're the only woman who ever had the Indian sign on me. I married late and I know I'll never marry again." en June 25 2018 David Hytner https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/25/mikel-john-obi-lionel-messi-nigeria-argentina-world-cup Mikel aiming to turn tables 13 years after Messi took his Golden Ball The Guardian Argentina have held an Indian sign over Nigeria at World Cups going back to 1994, when the African nation first qualified. Synonyms en curse, en hex, en hoodoo, en jinx, en spell References