be a money-spinner
To be a lucrative business or product. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. That mobile dating app has proven to be a real money-spinner for the developer—it's making them more money than anything else they've launched before. A wildly popular film franchise is quite a money-spinner—that's why all these companies are fighting over it. Plenty of short-sighted people told me my invention would never be a money-spinner. Thank goodness I didn't listen to them!
fidget spinner
A small propeller-shaped toy designed to be spun atop one's fingertip. Ostensibly a device to help people with attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder increase their focus, the fidget spinner became popular with schoolchildren and those who use it to try to ease anxiety or restlessness. Ever since I got my son a fidget spinner, he's had an easier time paying attention in class, but the school is considering banning them as a distraction. I don't see the appeal of fidget spinners myself. I've found other fidget toys that help me to focus better. OK, I'm taking back the fidget spinners if you two are just going to throw them at each other. That is not their intended purpose!
money-spinner
A lucrative business or product. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. That mobile dating app has proved to be a real money-spinner for the developer—it's making them more money than anything else they've launched before.
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