spinner : Idioms & Phrases

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Money spider, Money spinner

  • (Zoöl.), a small spider; so called as being popularly supposed to indicate that the person upon whom it crawls will be fortunate in money matters.
Webster 1913

money-spinner

  • noun a project that generates a continuous flow of money
    cash cow; moneymaker.
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Ring spinner

  • a machine for spinning, in which the twist, given to the yarn by a revolving bobbin, is regulated by the drag of a small metal loop which slides around a ring encircling the bobbin, instead of by a throstle.
Webster 1913

Tube spinner

  • (Zoöl.), any one of various species of spiders that construct tubelike webs. They belong to Tegenaria, Agelena, and allied genera.
Webster 1913

water spinner

Wa"ter spin`ner
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  1. (Zoöl.) The water spider.
Webster 1913

web spinner

  • noun any of a small order of slender typically tropical insects that nest in colonies in silken tunnels that they spin
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