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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
TheobaldTHEE-ə-bawld (English)English (Rare), Ancient Germanic
FlÁVio-Portuguese
GotthilfGAWT-hilfGerman
Norbu-Tibetan, Bhutanese
Thurston['θə:stən]
Aman['æmən]
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