Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - potboiler
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also pot-boiler (potboilers) If you describe a book or film as a potboiler, you mean that it has been created in order to earn money quickly and is of poor quality. N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Date: 1862 a usually inferior work (as of art or literature) produced chiefly for profit ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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{n.} A book, play, or film written for the primary purpose of earning money for the author. * /"Reading a cheap potboiler helps me go to sleep," the professor wryly remarked./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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