potboiler

🇺🇸 /ˈpɑːtbɔɪlər/ 🇬🇧 /ˈpɒtbɔɪlə(r)/
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A work created primarily for financial gain rather than artistic merit.

She wrote a potboiler during the summer to pay her bills.

translation

n. A work created primarily for financial gain rather than artistic merit.

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Plural potboilers