potboilv.
/ˈpɒtbɔɪl/, U.S. /ˈpɑtˌbɔɪl/ colloquial.
1. intransitive. 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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the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply [verb (intransitive)] > provide immediate necessities of life
to boil the pot1808
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society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [verb (intransitive)] > produce to sell
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society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [verb (transitive)] > produce to sell
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1867 D. G. Rossetti Let. 22 Mar. (1965) II. 618 I have been pot-boiling to an extent lately that does not hold out much hope of estate buying.
1891 Murray's Mag. Oct. 550 [They] saw themselves absolutely obliged to ‘potboil’, if I may be pardoned the phrase, in order to live.
1938 C. Connolly Enemies of Promise x. 116 To potboil, to give way to the taste of the reading public at the expense of the judgement of the author.
1947 Trollopian 1 42 Nothing in Huysmans could have inspired Spring Days. The author was potboiling.
2005 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 24 Apr. c2 Fasman has taken five parts New Age hoo-ha, stirred in two parts ‘Bright Lights, Big City’, then potboiled away.
2. transitive. To produce (artistic, literary, or other creative work) solely to make a living by catering to popular taste, without regard to artistic quality.In quot. 1903: to produce (a forgery).
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1903 Westm. Gaz. 19 Mar. 4/3 To prove..that several ‘old masters’..are also ‘fakes’, and were ‘pot-boiled’ in Montmartre.
1958 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 23 351/1 The extent to which the popular imagination may be tempted is reflected by the book trade, with its present deluge of ‘romances of archeology’, potboiled by ill-informed journalists who know a good beat when they see one.
1983 Listener 23 June 33/2 It's not altogether clear what Gay was attempting in Polly—beyond potboiling a sequel.
1997 Scotsman (Nexis) 7 July 11 A series of family tragedies that read like the outlandish plot of a novel potboiled with an eye for lucrative film rights.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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v.1867- for old times' sake
- for once
- for once and all
- for once and away
- for once and ever
- for once in a way
- for once in etc life
- for once in my life
- for once in your life
- for one
- for one moment
- for one thing
- for one while
- for one's better arm
- for one's frame
- for one's health
- for one's heart
- for one's life
- for one's mind's sake
- for one's money
- for one's name sake
- for one's name's sake
- for one's own hand
- for one's own part
- for one's pains