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
Estellaes-TEL-əEnglish
LillyLIL-ee (English)English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Aldwin-Ancient Germanic
Kimbrough['kimbrə]
Marcelmar-SEL (French), MAHR-tsel (Polish), MAHR-sel (Dutch, German)French, Catalan, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Dutch, German
Albinus-Ancient Roman