"money-spinner" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: money-spinners [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} money-spinner (plural money-spinners)
  1. (UK, Australia) Something that generates a continuous income. Tags: Australia, UK
    Sense id: en-money-spinner-en-noun-hLbROx8m Categories (other): Australian English, British English
  2. A money spider. Categories (lifeform): Spiders
    Sense id: en-money-spinner-en-noun-1tDiMO-i Disambiguation of Spiders: 19 81 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 80 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cash cow

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