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potboiler
[ pot-boi-ler ]
noun
- a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
potboiler
/ ˈ±èÉ’³ÙËŒ²úɔɪ±ôÉ™ /
noun
- informal.a literary or artistic work of little merit produced quickly in order to make money
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of potboiler1
Example Sentences
It’s going to lose to the airport novel papal potboiler?
And yet it’s a very real possibility after the crowd-pleasing papal potboiler won the SAG Awards’ ensemble prize Sunday night.
Anchored by its intricate sound design, which expertly blends score, diegetic sound and the thoughtful use of aural perspective, the series rejects potboiler rhythms in favor of a foreboding psychological chill.
Ms. Conran was already a household name in England when she set out to write a sex guide for schoolgirls, but ended up writing the potboiler that was “Lace.â€
In that potboiler, a film he later disavowed as too tame, he was publicized as the first Black matinee idol for mainstream audiences.
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