swarthy
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Swarthy he was, and six feet tall, 230 pounds over all.
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Swarthy, vituperative Roberto Farinacci had been Fascismo's hellion.
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He returned for them on the morrow, with the beast, and they took up their home with Thorstein the Swarthy, and were well treated by him.
From The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 by Olson, Julius E.
At the turning of the stair they were stayed, for there, his foot advanced, his bow ready to deliver its steel bolt at the clicking of a trigger, stood Andro the Swarthy.
From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank
Swarthy shipmen ran up and down the planks betwixt quay and ship, balancing their heavy jars on their heads as women bear water-pots.
From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns
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