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   jerkwater

   /ˈdʒəːkˌwɔːtə/

   adjective

   • 1. of or associated with small, remote, and insignificant rural settlements: informal North American "some jerkwater town"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: from jerk1 + water, from the need for early railway engines to be supplied with water in remote areas, by dipping a bucket into a stream and ‘jerking’ it out by rope.

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   Why are Jerkwater trains called jerkwaters?

   • Such trains were commonly called "jerkwaters" from the motion of jerking the water up in buckets from the supply to the engine. The derogatory use of "jerkwater" for things unimportant or trivial reflects the fact that these jerkwater trains typically ran on lines connecting small middle-of-nowhere towns. 1888, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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   What does Jerkwater mean?

   • The meaning of JERKWATER is remote and unimportant. How to use jerkwater in a sentence. Did you know?

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   What is a Jerkwater town?

   • A jerkwater town. Contemptibly trivial. Jerkwater notions. (historical) A train on an early branch railroad. (informal) Being or appropriate to a small, remote, unimportant community or region. A jerkwater town.

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   What does jerk water mean?

   • From jerk (“to move with a sudden movement”) + water. Refers to the need to supply the boilers of steam trains with water. In rural areas and small towns with no water tower, where the train did not stop, this was done by scooping ("jerking") water from a track pan . jerkwater (plural jerkwaters) ( US, historical) A train on a branch line .

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   1. : remote and unimportant. jerkwater towns. 2. : trivial. Did you know? We owe the colorful Americanism "jerkwater" to the invention of the steam engine - an advancement that significantly accelerated travel by rail but also had its drawbacks.

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   JERKWATER definition: 1. used to describe a place that is small, not important, and a long way from other places: 2…. Learn more.

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   Jerkwater definition: insignificant and out-of-the-way. See examples of JERKWATER used in a sentence.

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   jerkwater meaning: 1. used to describe a place that is small, not important, and a long way from other places: 2…. Learn more.

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   Define jerkwater. jerkwater synonyms, jerkwater pronunciation, jerkwater translation, English dictionary definition of jerkwater. adj. Informal 1. Remote, small, and insignificant: a jerkwater town. 2. Contemptibly trivial: jerkwater notions. American Heritage® Dictionary of the...

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   Jun 15, 2024 · IPA guide. Definitions of jerkwater. adjective. small and remote and insignificant. synonyms: one-horse, pokey, poky. provincial. characteristic of the provinces or their people.

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   Jun 2, 2024 · jerkwater (comparative more jerkwater, superlative most jerkwater) (US, colloquial, derogatory) Of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, and backward.