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View synonyms for potboiler

potboiler

[ pot-boi-ler ]

noun

  1. a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.


potboiler

/ ˈpɒtˌbɔɪlə /

noun

  1. informal.
    a literary or artistic work of little merit produced quickly in order to make money
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of potboiler1

First recorded in 1860–65; pot 1 + boiler
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Example Sentences

TV audiences today may recognize him as Senator Edson Davis in the demented ABC political potboiler, Scandal.

For fans of the HBO potboiler True Detective, the opening montage is all-too-familiar.

I went into the house to fetch the required sum, and, by some means I cannot explain, got to work again upon the latest potboiler.

That odious Milord Potboiler amuses himself by making poor Theodore hide in my dressing-room and stand there half the day.

Fanny's First Play, being but a potboiler, needs no preface.

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