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

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