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cash cow

noun as in dependable source of steady income

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The gin producer said the spirits industry was being "used as a bit of a cash cow for the government".

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If Rachel makes his film, she’ll become a combo platter of his mother, his daughter, his protégée and his cash cow.

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The group’s cash cow was up against a challenging comparison base after sales more-than doubled in last year’s third quarter.

Hollywood comedies were a cash cow for years, but they’ve run up against a number of hurdles.

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A decentralized, low-cost, flexible cottage industry will likely be transformed into a centralized, high-cost, inflexible cash cow for the merchants of death.

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