swarthy

Lean could go either way, it makes sense describing a magazine or a human, but swarthy is a word that has sexual connotations and creates a spark of juxtaposition when placed next to periodicals, injecting an almost comedic element to the opening.

O’Hara : Jeffrey McDaniel : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

The number of purely white People in the World is proportionally very small…in Europe, the Spaniards, Italians, French, Russians and Swedes, are generally of what we call a swarthy Complexion; as are Germans also, the Saxons only accepted, who with the English, make the principal Body of White People on the Face of the Earth.

Think Progress » Pat Buchanan’s Anti-Hispanic Rhetoric Echoes Earlier Anti-Immigrant Hysteria 2006

And in Europe, the Spaniards, Italians, French, Russians and Swedes, are generally of what we call a swarthy Complexion; as are the Germans also, the Saxons only excepted, who with the English, make the principal Body of White People on the Face of the Earth.

Think Progress » Buchanan: Americans Should Consider Allowing Only White Immigrants 2006

The people are thus far nearly white in the colour of their skin, but in the more southerly of the three regions above defined, with a mixture of brown, or of the complexion of brunettes, or such as we term swarthy or sallow persons.

History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George W. Williams 1870

Once again, as in the case of a woman found guilty by a bank teller of depositing a small cheque, the swarthy are at special risk.

There ain't no-flys on me 2009

Once again, as in the case of a woman found guilty by a bank teller of depositing a small cheque, the swarthy are at special risk.

Archive 2009-11-01 2009

The four classes are thralls (slaves who are described as swarthy, twisted, and ugly), karls (freeman farmers, described as strong and ruddy, of red hair and complexion), jarls (earls, described as fair of skin and complexion), and the kings (even fairer than the jarls).

The Volokh Conspiracy » Approaching Arguments That Have A Racist Past 2010

We can call the swarthy man in the commercial Walid Ibn Horton.

~ Angry Bear 2004

Standing upon the lonely sea shore, Uriah recalled the swarthy, leering face of Sam Jones, recently punished for infraction of discipline, and the crooked smile of Martin, he who puffed everlastingly at his pipe and wore a red handkerchief for a turban and earrings of heavy gold.

The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country Elma Ehrlich Levinger

—Swart star: the Dogstar, called swarthy because its heliacal rising in ancient times occurred soon after midsummer.

Notes: Book Second. Palgrave, Francis T Francis T. Palgrave 1875