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potboiler


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  potboiler 
  n  :  a  literary  composition  of  poor  quality  that  was  written 
  quickly  to  make  money  (to  boil  the  pot) 




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