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money spinner

money spinner is the alternative form 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

Forms of money spinner

pluralmoney spinners

Questions about money spinner

What is money spinner the alternative form of?
Money spinner is the alternative form of money-spinner.

Words near money spinner in the dictionary

  1. money shots
  2. money spell
  3. money spells
  4. money spider
  5. money spiders
  6. money spinner
  7. money spinners
  8. money squeezing
  9. money squeezings
  10. money supplies
  11. money supply

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