jerkwater
[ jurk-waw-ter, -wot-er ]
/ ˈdʒɜrkˌwɔ tər, -ˌwɒt ər /
adjective
Informal. insignificant and out-of-the-way: a jerkwater town.
(formerly) off the main line: a jerkwater train.
noun
(formerly) a train not running on the main line.
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Words nearby jerkwater
jerk around, jerk off, jerk-off, jerkin, jerkinhead, jerkwater, jerky, jerky nystagmus, jerne, jeroboam, jerold
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Example sentences from the Web for jerkwater
He's never been out of a jerkwater burg in his life, hardly.
Free Air|Sinclair LewisHe'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 Kohl
British Dictionary definitions for jerkwater
jerkwater
/ (ˈdʒɜːkˌwɔːtə) /
adjective
US and Canadian slang inferior and insignificanta jerkwater town
Word Origin for jerkwater
C19: originally referring to railway locomotives for which water was taken on in buckets from streams along the route
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