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41 zadupi|e
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42 pueblecito perdido
m.jerkwater town. -
43 затънтен
obscure, poky, isolated, godforsaken, desolate(далечен) godforsaken, out-of-the-way, remoteзатънтена улица an obscure/a poky streetзатънтено градче a godforsaken little town, ам. разг. jerkwaterзатънтено място a godforsaken place* * *затъ̀нтен,прил. obscure, poky, isolated, godforsaken, desolate; ( далечен) godforsaken, out-of-the-way, outlying, remote; \затънтено градче godforsaken little town, амер. разг. jerkwater; \затънтено място пренебр. backwater.* * *godforsaken; hick{hik}; inmost; outlandish* * *1. (далечен) godforsaken, out-of-thе-way, remote 2. obscure, poky, isolated, godforsaken, desolate 3. ЗАТЪНТЕНa улица an obscure/a poky street 4. ЗАТЪНТЕНo градче a godforsaken little town, ам. разг. jerkwater 5. ЗАТЪНТЕНo място a godforsaken place -
44 Provinzstadt
Provinzstadt
provincial city (town), jerkwater (country) town -
45 unbedeutend
unbedeutend adj GEN negligible, slight, nominal* * ** * *unbedeutend
insignificant, trifling, petty, fractional;
• unbedeutender Betrag paltry sum;
• unbedeutende Einzelheiten minor details;
• unbedeutender Händler petty dealer;
• unbedeutende Kursveränderungen fractional changes;
• unbedeutende Reparaturen minor repairs;
• unbedeutender Schaden negligible damage;
• unbedeutende Schulden paltry (petty) debts;
• unbedeutende Stadt one-horse (jerkwater, US) town;
• unbedeutende Stellung inferior position;
• unbedeutender Verlust trivial (insignificant) loss;
• unbedeutender Wert trifling value. -
46 unbedeutende Stadt
unbedeutende Stadt
one-horse (jerkwater, US) town -
47 provincijski
adj provincial, small-town, parochial, backwood(s), backwater, AE+ hillbilly, A coll jerkwater, A sl hick, A sl hayseed* * *• provincial
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jerkwater town — noun A small town with minimal facilities and conveniences. Syn: backwater, one horse town, Podunk … Wiktionary
jerkwater — ☆ jerkwater [jʉrk′wôt΄ər ] n. [ JERK1 + WATER: prob. in reference to pulling the valve on the water tank to fill the engine boiler] a train on an early branch railroad adj. Informal small, unimportant, etc. [a jerkwater town] … English World dictionary
jerkwater — mod. backwoodsy; insignificant. (See also one horse town.) □ I’m from a little jerkwater town in the Midwest. □ He’s sort of the jerkwater type … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
jerkwater — /jerrk waw teuhr, wot euhr/, adj. 1. Informal. insignificant and out of the way: a jerkwater town. 2. (formerly) off the main line: a jerkwater train. n. 3. (formerly) a train not running on the main line. [1875 80, Amer.; JERK1 + WATER; so… … Universalium
jerkwater — A combination of jerk and backwater. Used to describe someone or something that is stupid and jerky. I gotta get out of this jerkwater town. Used at: http://www.myentireass.com/forum/1021016933,78386,.shtml … Dictionary of american slang
jerkwater — A combination of jerk and backwater. Used to describe someone or something that is stupid and jerky. I gotta get out of this jerkwater town. Used at: http://www.myentireass.com/forum/1021016933,78386,.shtml … Dictionary of american slang
jerkwater — jerk•wa•ter [[t]ˈdʒɜrkˌwɔ tər, ˌwɒt ər[/t]] adj. inf insignificant and out of the way: a jerkwater town[/ex] • Etymology: 1875–80; so called from the jerking (i.e., drawing) of water to fill buckets for supplying a steam locomotive … From formal English to slang
town — n. 1) a boom; ghost ( deserted ); jerkwater (AE; colloq.), one horse, provincial, sleepy, small; market (BE) town (they live in a sleepy, little town) 2) a company town 3) smb. s hometown 4) a county town (BE; AE has county seat) 5) (misc.) to… … Combinatory dictionary
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
one-horse town — noun A very small town. Its surrounded by beautiful wilderness, but otherwise its just a one horse town. Syn: backwater, jerkwater town, Podunk … Wiktionary
Water stop — A water stop or water station on a railroad is a place where trains stop to replenish water. The stopping of the train itself is also referred to as water stop . The term originates from the times of steam engines, when large amounts of water… … Wikipedia