JERKWATER

jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky

(adjective) small and remote and insignificant; “a jerkwater college”; “passed a series of poky little one-horse towns”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

jerkwater (plural jerkwaters)

(US, historical) A train on a branch line.

A jerkwater town.

Adjective

jerkwater (comparative more jerkwater, superlative most jerkwater)

(US, colloquial, pejorative) Of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, and backward.

Synonyms

• See: remote place

Source: Wiktionary



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