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potboil
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[], (Verb)
Definitions:
- To produce artistic, literary, or other creative work solely to make a living by catering to popular taste, without regard to artistic quality.
- To produce (artistic, literary, or other creative work) solely to make a living by catering to popular taste, without regard to artistic quality.
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Origin
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mid 19th century; earliest use found in Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882), painter and poet. From pot + boil, after potboiler
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