swart

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They paid little attention to their swart, stocky son, left him in the haphazard hands of tutors.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the investigating U. S. Senators resumed writing their book of Wall Street Revelations in Washington last week, they had a lot of fun with their swart, persistent Inquisitor Ferdinand Pecora.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last December he became spokesman for the Japanese Cabinet, replacing the somewhat less affable Foreign Office spokesman, slightly cockeyed, definitely popeyed, short, swart Yakichiro Suma.

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The rebel unionists settled back with a swallowed-the-canary attitude as Lee Pressman, C.I.O.'s swart, handsome general counsel, read the A. F. of L. telegram.

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His broad flat face was swart, his eyes were like coals, and his tongue was red; he wielded a great spear.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien