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noun

Money-maker n.

One who coins or prints money; also, a counterfeiter of money. (R.)

One who accumulates money or wealth; specifically, one who makes money-getting his governing motive.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Money-maker" Quotes from Famous Books

... wasted upon such a creature. He eyed his partner with a contempt which he took no pains to conceal. This, then, was the smart young fellow recommended to him on all sides, a few years ago, as one of the shrewdest young men in his own particular department, a person bound to succeed, a money-maker if ever there was one! Laverick thought of him as he appeared at the office day by day, glossy and immaculately dressed, with a flower in his buttonhole, boots that were a trifle too shiny, hat and coat, gloves and ...

— Havoc • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... shall give you pleasure and joy when I tell you that La Conjuration d'Ambroise, thus says my porter, is announced as a real money-maker. There was a line this evening as at Villemer, and Magny which is also ...

— The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters • George Sand, Gustave Flaubert

... line. Public Service offers the best money-maker in the country for full time or spare ...

— Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 • Various

... Carl was tipped back in a chair at Eddie Klemm's, one foot on a rung, while he discussed village scandals and told outrageous stories with Eddie Klemm, a brisk money-maker and vulgarian aged twenty-three, who wore a "fancy vest" and celluloid buttons on his lapels. Ben Rusk hesitatingly poked ...

— The Trail of the Hawk - A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life • Sinclair Lewis