potboil

potboil
\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ intransitive verb
Etymology: pot (I) + boil
: to produce potboilers

the man who has to potboil for a living seldom accomplishes anything of an exceptional character — Reynold's Newspaper

was a financial failure and … must go back once more to potboiling — H.D.Piper

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/pot"boyl'/, v.i.
to create potboilers.
[1865-70; back formation from POTBOILER]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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