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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Luciano	loo-CHAH-no (Italian), loo-THYAH-no (Spanish), loo-SYAH-no (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Comgal	-	Irish
Alfie	AL-fee	English
Tyra	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Lydia	['lidiə]
Bengt	BENKT	Swedish