"A king's son, though with the bar sinister on his shield, is at least a match for this marmoset of a marquis."
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Bar sinister
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At any rate no bar sinister appeared on the imperial escutcheon.
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They were descended from the Earls of Halifax and Scarbrough but, as the bar sinister in the Savile coat of arms suggests, illegitimately.
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He was not influenced by sordid considerations. . . . Had she been merely of illegitimate birth, he would have overlooked the bar sinister.
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