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Definition of potboil - 2 dictionary results

pot⋅boil

[pot-boil]
–verb (used without object)
to create potboilers.

Origin:
1865–70; back formation from potboiler
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pot·boil   (pŏt'boil')   
intr.v.   pot·boiled, pot·boil·ing, pot·boils
To produce potboilers.

[Back-formation from potboiler.]
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