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- Dictionarypotboiler/ˈpɒtˌbɔɪlə/
noun
- 1. a book, film, or other creative work produced solely to make the originator a living by catering to popular taste. informal
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Work of dubious artistic merit, whose purpose was to pay for the creator's daily expenses
A potboiler or pot-boiler is a novel, play, opera, film, or other creative work of dubious literary or artistic merit, whose main purpose was to pay for the creator's daily expenses—thus the imagery of "boil the pot", which means "to provide one's livelihood." Authors who create potboiler novels or screenplays are sometimes called hack writers or hacks. Novels deemed to be potboilers may also be c... Wikipedia