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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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