Associations to the word «Jerkwater»
Wiktionary
JERKWATER, noun. (US) (historical) A train on a branch line.
JERKWATER, adjective. (US) (colloquial) (pejorative) Of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, and backward.
JERKWATER TOWN, noun. A small town with minimal facilities and conveniences.
JERKWATER TOWNS, noun. Plural of jerkwater town
Dictionary definition
JERKWATER, adjective. Small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.