potboiler

potboiler is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A term applied derisively to any literary or artistic work, and esp. a painting, done simply for money and the means of living. [Cant]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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