From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha lick of paint/colour etca lick of paint/colour etcCOVERAMOUNTa small amount of paint etc put onto the surface of something to improve its appearance It’ll be okay after a lick of paint. → lick
Examples from the Corpus
a lick of paint/colour etc• Rooms have recently had a lick of paint, but nothing too drastic, making this an unbeatable central London bargain.• Julie Mills moved into her Edwardian town house in London expecting to just give it a lick of paint. 