potboilernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpɒtˌbɔɪ.lər/us/ˈpɑːtˌbɔɪ.lɚ/disapprovingan 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 paperbacks.
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Types of film, play, book etc.
- adaptation
- anime
- blockbuster
- cyberpunk
- epic
- epigram
- epistle
- film noir
- hagiography
- hokum
- indie
- lampoon
- mystery
- pap
- pastiche
- pastoral
- prose
- saga
- satire
- the big screen 1
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