a nice little earner

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a nice little earner (British & Australian informal)

something such as a job or a business that allows you to earn a lot of money His picture-framing business is a nice little earner.

See also: little, nice

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I WASN'T surprised to read about Tony Blair's latest act of utter selfinterest in trying to secure a nice little earner from Tesco. The ego has landed; Your view by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) President Mary McAleese is also on a nice little earner raking in EUR274,008 - just EUR20,000 less than Bush. Overpaid ministers beat US top aide; EXCLUSIVE by The Mirror (London, England) Gay weddings are proving a nice little earner for a hard-up North East council. Pay days from gays by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			a misery guts A miss is as good as a mile a mixed bag a Monday morning quarterback a money-spinner a monkey on back a mother lode of a mountain to climb a mouth to feed a movable feast a mug's game a mummy's boy a mutual admiration society a mystery to a name to conjure with a narrow escape a near miss a necessary evil a needle in a haystack a nest egg a never-never land a new ballgame a new broom a new lease on life a New Man a nice little earner a night owl a nine-day wonder a nip and tuck a nip in the air a no-show a no-win situation A nod's as good as a wink a non sequitur a nose for a nosy parker a notch below a number cruncher a numbers game a one-hit wonder a one-horse race a one-horse town a one-man band a one-night stand a one-two punch a one-way ticket to a pack of lies a pack rat a pain in the ass a paper chase a paper tiger			a new broom A new broom Sweeps clean A New Day Foundation A New Drug Application A New English Dictionary On Historical Principles A New English Dictionary On Historical Principles A New Global Environment for Learning A New History of Ireland A New Hope A New Hope Special Edition A New Kind of Science a new lease of life a new lease of life a new lease of life a new lease of life a new lease of life a new lease of life a new lease on life a new lease on life a new lease on life a new lease on life a new lease on life a new lease on life A New Man A New Perspective A New Standard in Relating A New Tax System A New World Army A New World Order a nice break a nice little earner A Nice Pair A Nice View Over Trinidad A Night at the Opera a night owl A Night Without Armor A Nikisch a nine-day wonder A Ninja A Ninja a nip and tuck a nip in the air a no-show a no-win situation A nod's as good as a wink a non sequitur A Normally Unmanned Land Sea or Air Vehicle a nose for a nosey parker a nosy parker a notch below a notch better than A note shaver A Nuestros Enfermos Servimos A Dios a number cruncher a numbers game

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