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Definition of Potboilers
1. potboiler [n] - See also: potboiler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Potboilers
Literary usage of Potboilers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Author's Craft by Arnold Bennett (1914)
"Seventeen years later he wrote to RL Stevenson: " Of potboilers let none speak.
... It may be said that Meredith was forced to write potboilers. ..."
2. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1894)
"Psyche and the potboilers i. HOW many potboilers I,ve painted, And sold them,
first cheap and now dear! I,ve toiled at them till my heart fainted, ..."
3. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1901)
"Here the iron is to be used simply as an alternative to " potboilers " for the
purpose of heating milk, and not because it possessed any magical virtue. ..."
4. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1884)
"that Hubert Brown denounced these performances as ' machine- made,' as articles
specially manufactured to find a certain market, as ' potboilers' and the ..."
5. Handicraft by Arthur Carey, Frederic Allen Whiting, Huger Elliott, National League of Handicraft Societies, Carl Purington Rollins, Society of Arts and Crafts (1903)
"in order to live, the painter must paint "potboilers," —that is, ... If he only
takes care to make good potboilers, to make them expressive of himself so ..."
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