a nice little earnerBritish EnglishBrE informalPROFIT something that earns you a lot of money 使人赚大钱的东西,摇钱树a nice little earner• Bethlehem will always be a nice little earner.• That would be a nice little earner for us.• With an eye for a nice little earner, Del Trotter dictated his letter of application to chief sports writer Roy Collins.• It has become, let's face it, a nice little earner.• Some of the nurses found it a nice little earner on top of their poor weekly pay.• However worthy his motives, the good doctor is on a nice little earner.
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