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money-spinners

money-spinners is the plural of money-spinner.

Meaning of 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
    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

Questions about money-spinners

What is money-spinners the plural of?
Money-spinners is the plural of money-spinner.

Words near money-spinners in the dictionary

  1. money-market fund
  2. money-monger
  3. money-mongers
  4. money-ridden
  5. money-spinner
  6. money-spinners
  7. money-spinning
  8. moneyage
  9. moneyback
  10. moneybag
  11. moneybags

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