Definition of "potboilers" [potboilers]

• Plural form of potboiler. (noun)

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• "Tad Williams, author of bestselling and world-denuding fantasy potboilers, is publishing his next book online, too."
• "I re-read Little Women (very enjoyable yet again!) and some of her other juvenile literature (An Old Fashioned Girl, etc.) and even one of her 'potboilers' (A Long Fatal Love Chase)."
• "He is perhaps pulling our legs a little--- he reminds me of my friend Peter Bowen, who insists his quirky Montana mysteries are mere "potboilers" when in fact they beat most pretentious "literature" from that state hands down."