"One is engaged to marry the daughter of the shadiest rascal in Sunwich, and the other-" "And the other?"
"At Sunwich Port, Complete"
W.W. Jacobs
There was that in his manner which implied a hard lot in life,-no small share of the shadiest side of fortune; and even when his somewhat coarse rebuke was uttered, I was more disposed to be angry with myself for being the cause than with him who made it."
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Louie was not pretty; but the jocular Captain pinched no prettier neck than hers, and he declared, as the child grew, that her "points" would be best displayed could she go about in the largest and shadiest hat and the most closely fitting tights possible.
"The Story of Louie"
Oliver Onions