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 Lip Service.Liquor up. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Lips.
 
The calves of our lips (Hosea xiv. 2). The sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving.   1
   The fruit of the lips. Thanksgivings.   2
        “Let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His name.”—Heb. xiii. 15.
 


 Lip Service.Liquor up. 

 
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