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

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

It ought not to surprise the reader when I say that my morning toilet was hasty—something less than "a lick and a promise."

From A Son of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin

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.