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
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- have a touch of the tar brush
- touch of the tar brush
- twinkie
- ace boon-coon
- come to a climax
- climax
- bring (something) to a climax
- change places with
- change places with (one)
- change sides