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Hack job of writing or painting
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potboiler
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Word definitions for potboiler in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Potboiler \Pot"boil`er\, n. A term applied derisively to any literary or artistic work, and esp. a painting, done simply for money and the means of living. [Cant]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A potboiler or pot-boiler is a novel , play , opera , film , or other creative work of dubious literary or artistic merit, whose main purpose was to pay for the creator's daily expenses—thus the imagery of "boil the pot", which means "to provide one's livelihood". ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of pot boiler English)
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.