spray and pray

spray and pray
 v. phr.— «In church and at home let us pray. In our berry fields let us spray and pray.» —“Spraying Strawberries” by Troy Thompson Cullman Democrat (Alabama) Mar. 5, 1936. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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