lick and a promise
Example Sentences
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Dismissed foreign policy and foreign trade with a lick and a promise.
From Time Magazine Archive
Malachy whispers our wash was a lick and a promise, that’s what Mam would say.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
I'll have things somewhere near shipshape by then, I guess, though the cleanin'll have to be mainly a lick and a promise until I can really get at it.
From Keziah Coffin by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby
Mrs Day was not in the habit of "givin' things a lick and a promise" nowadays when she cleaned house.
From Janice Day at Poketown by Long, Helen Beecher
There was no "lick and a promise" in Nan Sherwood's housekeeping.
From Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret by Carr, Annie Roe
