SINCE 1828
heave-and-haul
intransitive verb
heave-and-hauled;
heave-and-hauled;
heave-and-hauling;
heave-and-hauls
Definition of heave-and-haul
: to fish with a handline by repeatedly throwing a hook out and drawing it back again
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