Potboiler

/pˈɒtbɔ‍ɪlɐ/

/ˌpɑˈbɔɪɫɝ/

[noun]

Potboiler

[NOUN]

a book, painting, play, etc. that is created according to the common taste of the public in order to earn money

Examples

1. It's a potboiler.

2. We used to buy what we called potboilers.

3. Potboilers are old rubbish pictures that, somebody who'd be an amateur, but as long as the canvas at the back was right.

4. And if you're reading anything, which I probably highly doubt, but if you are reading something I really, really want to hear what you're reading and keep in mind if it's something that is a potboiler, I don't consider that reading.