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Potboiler - Wikipedia
A potboiler or pot-boiler is a novel, play, opera, film, or other creative work of dubious literary or artistic merit en.wikipedia.org
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POTBOILER Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
noun pot· boil· er ˈpät-ˌbȯi-lər : a usually inferior work (as of art or literature) produced chiefly for profit. www.merriam-webster.com
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What Are Potboiler Films? - Beverly Boy Productions
The term potboiler would be used to describe a film, novel, play, or opera that was created with no other purpose than to fund daily expenses ... beverlyboy.com
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pot-boiler
ˈpot-ˌboiler 1. One who boils a pot; spec. in Eng. Politics = potwaller. rare.1824 Hitchins & Drew Cornwall I. xvii. §17. 650 The right of election is vested at present in all the inhabitants [of Tregony] who are pot-boilers. 1826 [see potwaller]. 2. colloq. a. Applied depreciatively to a work of li... Oxford English Dictionary
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POTBOILER | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
an artistic work, usually of low quality, that has been created quickly just to earn money. Her most recent potboiler was one of last year's best-selling ... dictionary.cambridge.org
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Pot, Boiler . . . where'd the "Space" come from?? - SleuthSayers
The majority saw potboiler as having a positive connotation referring to a mystery/suspense or thriller with great tension and an explosive climax. www.sleuthsayers.org
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Pot Boiler
Pot Boiler is a 2007 album by The Verlaines on Flying Nun Records. Track listing All songs written by Graeme Downes except "Sunday in Sevastopol", music by Graeme Downes, lyrics by David Kominsky. "Midlife Crisis" – 3:19 "Stop Messing Around" – 2:58 "It's Easier to Harden a Broken Heart (than mend i... wikipedia.org
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Pot boiler - Wikipedia
A pot boiler or cooking stone is a heated stone used to heat water - typically by people who did not have access to pottery or metal vessels. en.wikipedia.org
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Potboiler - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
noun a literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot) www.vocabulary.com
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pot boiler - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun · (figurative, mildly derogatory) A creative work of low quality (book, art, etc.), produced merely to earn a living or for profit, as opposed to serious ... en.wiktionary.org
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What is a “pot boiler?” - queerreaders - WordPress.com
A pot boiler (sometimes called an airport novel) is generally considered to be a work of fiction of a low artistic quality written solely for the purpose of ... queerreaders.wordpress.com
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pot-boiler
pot-boilern book, picture, etc written or painted only to earn money 仅为赚钱而创作的书、 画等 She produced regular pot-boilers while also working on her masterpiece. 她一面不断发表为 口的作品, 一面搞她的大作. 牛津英汉双解词典
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Pot boiler
In archaeology or anthropology, a pot boiler or cooking stone is a heated stone used to heat water - typically by people who did not have access to pottery or metal vessels. In Archaeology The term refers to a stone used to move heat from a fire to a vessel to raise the temperature of water in the v... wikipedia.org
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Richard Boulton
This was a defence of an earlier pot-boiler, containing a reply to the sceptical work Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft of Francis Hutchinson on witchcraft wikipedia.org
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William Bury Westall
Originally a businessman, he later became a journalist who also wrote about 30 pot-boiler romantic novels with titles including The Old Factory, The Phantom wikipedia.org
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