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Swarthy
Swarthy meaning
Tawny, dusky, dark. | Dark-skinned; black. | Darker-skinned than white, but lighter-skinned than tawny; tan.
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Example sentences (10)
Then there’s the swarthy and sweaty Mission District.
This is where I fought Keith, a boss pirate who had apparently wronged Majima earlier in the game and deserved a beating alongside his orbiting swarm of swarthy boys.
Lovecraft first described the character as a 'tall, swarthy man' who somewhat resembled an Egyptian pharaoh.
The powerful culture industries of this city have done little to undermine the idea that the real Los Angeles — the place where its swarthy masses live — is a place of violence, fear and backwardness.
Was the guy swarthy?
Word soon spread that the white patriot had, conversely, been the victim of an unprovoked assault by a swarthy alien.
His physique filled out, his hair grayed, and his once smooth, swarthy face weathered and became more rugged.
The origin of aquila main is unknown, but it is believed to possibly derive from either aquilus main (meaning dark-colored, swarthy, or blackish) as a reference to the plumage of eagles or from aquilo main (meaning north wind).
Various uses of the word 'black' (for example, "Haply for I am black") are insufficient evidence for any accurate racial classification, Honigmann argues, since 'black' could simply mean 'swarthy' to Elizabethans.
With Rhett's "swarthy face" juxtaposed against Scarlett's "magnolia-white skin," Part 1, chapter 1 the two white protagonists are a metaphor for an interracial couple.