Definition of "swarth" []

• Variant of sward. (noun)

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• "I'll need to consult my swarth-o-meter, but the child doesn't look generically "black" to me."
• "On a side note, I can't help but notice over the past decade how some of our most "righteous" leadership (religion and politics) has been caught in some of the most abberrant types of illicit behavior ..... looks like "weiner" covers a wide swarth."
• "As we've been telling you for the past several hours, more than 20 states play on the Tuesday primary, huge swarth for them to compete in."