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
Hair-dressing was simplicity itself; in fact, the simplicity suggested a lick and a promise.
From My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life by Anonymous
And when you polish your shoes in the morning preparatory to starting your day's work, do you just give them "a lick and a promise," or do you "make 'em shine?"
From Certain Success by Hawkins, Norval A.
Do hair with a lick and a promise and beat all the other girls to the table.
From Back at School with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell
