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• jerkwater — adj. [from jerk + water, a place where it is necessary to draw (jerk) water to supply the boiler of a steam engine.] 1. small and remote and insignificant; as, a jerkwater college. Syn: one horse, pokey, poky. [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Railroads) Off the …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• jerkwater — adjective small and remote and insignificant a jerkwater college passed a series of poky little one horse towns • Syn: ↑one horse, ↑pokey, ↑poky • Similar to: ↑provincial …   Useful english dictionary

• one-horse — adjective small and remote and insignificant (Freq. 1) a jerkwater college passed a series of poky little one horse towns • Syn: ↑jerkwater, ↑pokey, ↑poky • Similar to: ↑provinci …   Useful english dictionary

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• jerk-water — 1. noun A branch line train, using light equipment The mail was brought by a tiny jerk water bobtail dummy and coach run by one, Tony, from Pearl City, a mile away, to a station near the end of the peninsula. 2. adjective a) Of an inhabited place …   Wiktionary

• small-time — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj., slang, minor, unimportant, trivial, petty; one horse, jerkwater, tinhorn, minor league. See unimportance. Ant., major[ league], important. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. minor, bush league, *one… …   English dictionary for students

• town — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hamlet, burg[h], village. See abode. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. civic, community, civil; see municipal , urban 2 . n. 1. [In the United States, a small collection of dwellings] Syn. hamlet, county… …   English dictionary for students