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

If we do not now make a haul, we are good-for-nothing cowards and are playing in bad luck.

From Four Arthurian Romances by Comfort, William Wistar

You and I can make a haul getting them set free.

From The Reign of Greed by Derbyshire, Charles E.

They jumped into what was left of the trenches, expecting to make a haul of prisoners; but they found the Americans ready for them.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. by Various

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