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Work of pulp fiction
Answer for the clue "Work of pulp fiction ", 9 letters:
potboiler
Alternative clues for the word potboiler
- Quickly written novel of little merit
- Novel by a hack
- Uninspired book
- Hack's novel
- Reader mightn’t stand this heat in the kitchen, perhaps?
- Prize chicken perhaps that's quickly produced for money
- Hack job of writing or painting
- A literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot)
Word definitions for potboiler in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also pot-boiler , 1864 in the figurative literary sense, from pot (n.1) + agent noun from boil (v.). The notion is of something one writes solely to put food on the table.
Usage examples of potboiler.
If you've managed to reach this stage of your life without having your mind rotted by science fiction potboilers, far be it from me to seduce you to the Dark Side.
With poverty a fear to be reckoned with, he constructed two potboilers and compiled another.
I doubted they could compete with the lurid potboilers I'd read on the beach.
You've got to romp home with an Oscar now and then to show the reviewers that you're interested in fine things as well as money-making potboilers.