have a lick of the tar brush



have a lick of the tar brush

dated ethnic slur To be of mixed race, such that one's skin is darker than that of a person with only white ancestry. My racist aunt refuses to vote for someone who has a lick of the tar brush.
See also: brush, have, lick, of, tar

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Coinneach-Scottish
Hayfa-Arabic
CelioCHE-lyo (Italian), THE-lyo (Spanish), SE-lyo (Latin American Spanish), SE-lyoo (Portuguese)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Gotzon-Basque
TuyẾN-Vietnamese
JindŘIch-Czech