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Potboiler

A potboiler or pot-boiler is a novel, play, opera, film, or other creative work of low quality whose main purpose is to pay for the creator's daily expenses—thus the imagery of "boil the pot", which means "to provide one's livelihood." Authors who create potboiler novels or screenplays are sometimes called hack writers or hacks. Novels deemed to be…

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Potboiler

Nodes22
Edges21
Triples21
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.090909
Components1

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Potboiler

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related to Historical examples · 19
Potboiler → American, Andrew Greeley, David Schow, Frost, He, In, Jane Scovell's Oona, Lewis Carroll, Living, O'Neill, Publishers Weekly, Putnam's Magazine, Reason, Rhyme, Shadows, Stephen Kinzer, Through, Thy Brother's Wife, Time
related to Further reading · 1
Potboiler → World Wide Words
related to Usage · 1
Potboiler → If

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Potboilerrelated to Further readingWorld Wide Words0.60section
Potboilerrelated to Historical examplesIn0.60section
Potboilerrelated to Historical examplesPutnam's Magazine0.60section
Potboilerrelated to Historical examplesHe0.60section
Potboilerrelated to Historical examplesJane Scovell's Oona0.60section
Potboilerrelated to Historical examplesLiving0.60section
Potboilerrelated to Historical examplesShadows0.60section
Potboilerrelated to Historical examplesThrough0.60section
Potboilerrelated to Historical examplesO'Neill0.60section
Potboilerrelated to Historical examplesLewis Carroll0.60section
Potboilerrelated to Historical examplesFrost0.60section
Potboilerrelated to Historical examplesRhyme0.60section

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