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have a touch of the tar brush

have a touch 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 touch of the tar brush.
See also: brush, have, of, tar, touch

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hebel-Hebrew
Louisloo-EE (French), LOO-is (English)French, English, Dutch
Adi (2)-Indonesian
Lyudmyla-Ukrainian
IssacharIS-ə-kahr (English)Biblical
Gabrielle[.ga:bri'el]
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