tarbrushn.
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中文n. 柏油刷 \n[蔑语、贬义、冒犯语、俚语]黑人血统；印第安人血统 \n\n短语: \n a dash (或 lick, touch) of the tarbrush [蔑语](混有)黑人(或印第安人)血统\n\n
柏油刷
[蔑语、贬义、冒犯语、俚语]黑人血统；印第安人血统
短语:
a dash (或 lick, touch) of the tarbrush [蔑语](混有)黑人(或印第安人)血统
词根词源
tarbrush (n.)1711, from tar (n.1) + brush (n.1). To have a touch of the tarbrush "have a dash of African ancestry visible in the skin tone" (1796) was "a term of contempt from the West Indies" [Century Dictionary].
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