make a wad
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"Toward the end," recalled Bing, "I had him paid in five-dollar bills, to make a wad uncomfortably large for him to carry."
From Time Magazine Archive
This so enraged Met General Manager Rudolf Bing that he paid in five-dollar bills, "to make a wad uncomfortably large for him to carry."
From Time Magazine Archive
Get some handkerchiefs and towels," he said, "and make a wad!
From The Top of the World by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
Why, that would make a wad of bills squirm out of the toe of a stockin'!
From The Clarion by William Dodge Stevens
I want to make a wad of money and build up a business of my own—" "You're crazy!
From Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
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