tar-brush noun.
['tɑ:brʌʃ] E18.[from TAR noun1 + BRUSH noun2.]1. A brush used for applying tar to something.
E18.2. Black (or Indian etc.) ancestry. Chiefly in
a dash of the tar-brush,
a touch of the tar-brush, a trace of black (or Indian etc.) ancestry.
derog. &
racially offensive.
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