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
Olena-Ukrainian
Apoloniaah-paw-LAWN-yah (Polish)Spanish, Polish
Ksenija-Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene
Baila-Yiddish
Ottavio-Italian
Hode-Yiddish