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jerkwater definition

☆ jerk·water (jʉrk′wôt′ər)

noun

a train on an early branch railroad

Etymology: jerk + water: prob. in reference to pulling the valve on the water tank to fill the engine boiler

adjective

Informal small, unimportant, etc. a jerkwater town

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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