jerkwater
Informal. insignificant and out-of-the-way: a jerkwater town.
(formerly) off the main line: a jerkwater train.
(formerly) a train not running on the main line.
Origin of jerkwater
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How to use jerkwater in a sentence
And we can empty that pocket just as well with a little jerkwater outfit like this as we could with a big crew and a real mill.
The Killer | Stewart Edward WhiteHe'd make more dough if he owned the local garage and dealer franchise for one of the automobile companies in some jerkwater town.
The Common Man | Guy McCord (AKA Dallas McCord Reynolds)They came from Chicago and jerkwater towns in Nebraska, from farms and steel mills, from the stage and the pulpit.
Land of the Burnt Thigh | Edith Eudora KohlHe's never been out of a jerkwater burg in his life, hardly.
Free Air | Sinclair Lewis
British Dictionary definitions for jerkwater
/ (ˈdʒɜːkˌwɔːtə) /
US and Canadian slang inferior and insignificant: a jerkwater town
Origin of jerkwater
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