make a haul

Example Sentences

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First off, the crew must "scoop" for "chum," i.e., make a haul for anchovetas, to be used for bait.

From Time Magazine Archive

I was so sure that I was going to make a haul that I would not have taken ninety-nine francs for the hundred that I expected to make.

From The Champdoce Mystery by Gaboriau, Émile

And suppose you've succeeded in getting your fingers on those in the bush, wouldn't you try to make a haul?

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870 by Various

I expect we shall make a haul, as—for everybody's sake concerned—they wouldn't dare let their clients out, to fall into a trap.

From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

We'll make a haul that will be worth a few thousand dollars, you bet.

From The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze by Patchin, Frank Gee