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potboiler
noun pot·boil·er \-ˌbȯi-lər\
: a book, movie, etc., that is made in usually a cheap way in order to make money rather than for artistic reasons
Full Definition of POTBOILER
: a usually inferior work (as of art or literature) produced chiefly for profit
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First Known Use of POTBOILER
1862
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