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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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   Where did Jerkwater come from?

   • The earliest known use of the word jerkwater is in the 1850s. OED's earliest evidence for jerkwater is from 1852, in Miami County (Indiana) Sentinel. jerkwater is apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: jerk v.1, water n.

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

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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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   What does the word jerkwater mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word jerkwater. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in U.S. English. See meaning & use. How common is the word jerkwater? Fewer than 0.01 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.

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   1. informal. insignificant and out-of-the-way. a jerkwater town. 2. old-fashioned. off the main line.

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