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potboiler

[ pot-boi-ler ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

potboiler

/ ˈpɒtˌbɔɪlə /

informal.
a literary or artistic work of little merit produced quickly in order to make money

First recorded in 1860–65; pot ¹ + boiler

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.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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