potboiler
a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
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How to use potboiler in a sentence
TV audiences today may recognize him as Senator Edson Davis in the demented ABC political potboiler, Scandal.
Norm Lewis, Broadway’s First Black ‘Phantom,’ on Racism, Heroes, and Dream Roles | Tim Teeman | March 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor fans of the HBO potboiler True Detective, the opening montage is all-too-familiar.
Sasha Grey on Her Secret ‘True Detective’ Cameo, ‘Open Windows,’ and the Duke Porn Star Backlash | Marlow Stern | March 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI went into the house to fetch the required sum, and, by some means I cannot explain, got to work again upon the latest potboiler.
Mr. Punch in Bohemia | VariousThat odious Milord potboiler amuses himself by making poor Theodore hide in my dressing-room and stand there half the day.
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life | Honore de BalzacFanny's First Play, being but a potboiler, needs no preface.
Fanny's First Play | George Bernard Shaw
British Dictionary definitions for potboiler
/ (ˈpɒtˌbɔɪlə) /
informal a literary or artistic work of little merit produced quickly in order to make money
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