Jerkwater Definition
jûrkwôtər, -wŏtər
adjective
Being or appropriate to a small, remote, unimportant community or region.
A jerkwater town.
Webster's New World
Contemptibly trivial.
Jerkwater notions.
American Heritage
noun
A train on an early branch railroad.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Jerkwater
Noun
Singular:
jerkwater
Plural:
jerkwatersOrigin of Jerkwater
From jerkwater a branch-line train, so called because its small boiler had to be refilled often, requiring train crews to “jerk” or draw water from streams
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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