money-spinner

Noun

money-spinner (plural money-spinners)

1. (Australia, UK, figuratively) Something that generates a continuous income.
   • One cannot resist the impression that the doctrine that a person who has been harmed in some way is a victim, and therefore cannot commit any wrong, has been turned into a money-spinner by lawyers.2011, Theodore Dalrymple, Spoilt Rotten: The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality
   • But on April 13 it 'scrambled' a rake of Mk 2s and dual-braked 'Black 5' 45212 to start its lucrative summer money-spinner two days later.2024 May 1, “Network News: West Coast Railways runs 'Jacobite' with Mk 1 and Mk 2 combination”, in RAIL, number 1008, page 9

   Synonyms:

   cash cow, moneymaker

2. A money spider.
   • She never passed a spider or moneyspinner, without throwing it over her shoulder, to the no small annoyance of those who might be near.1859, James Grant, Hollywood Hall, page 65