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

Here the men washed, and here, too, our buckets were filled each morning for the "lick and a promise" that served as a substitute for a bath.

From From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade by Curry, Frederic C.

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

“A lick and a promise and we’re ready to go.”

From Nan Sherwood on the Mexican Border by Carr, Annie Roe