Definition of Potboil

1. to produce a literary or artistic work of poor quality [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Potboil

potatobugs
potatoe
potatoes
potatoey
potatolike
potatory
potatos
potayto, potahto
potbellied
potbellied pig
potbellied pigs
potbellied stove
potbellies
potbelly
potbelly stove
potboil (current term)
potboiled
potboiler
potboilers
potboiling
potboils
potbound
potboy
potboys
potbrownie
potbrownies
potch
potche
potched
potcher

Literary usage of Potboil

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Literature of American History: A Bibliographical Guide, in which the by Josephus Nelson Larned (1902)
"... Short history of tlie United States except as an unusually desperate case of cram and potboil- ing. It is superficially conceived and crudely executed. ..."

2. The Literature of American History: A Bibliographical Guide in which the by Josephus Nelson Larned (1902)
"... history of the United States except asan unusually desperate case of cram and potboil- ing. It is superficially conceived and crudely executed. ..."

3. The Literature of American History: A Bibliographical Guide in which the by Josephus Nelson Larned (1902)
"[2567 " It is hard to account for Mr. Justin Huntly McCarthy's Short history of the United States except as an unusually desperate case of cram and potboil- ..."

4. Dramatic Opinions and Essays: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"That is now part of the public opinion of England; and no power in heaven or on earth will ever change it. I may dodder and dote; I may potboil and ..."

5. Dramatic Opinions and Essays with an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"That is now part of the public opinion of England; and no power in heaven or on earth will ever change it. I may dodder and dote; I may potboil and ..."

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