Jerkwater

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  jerkwater \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 main railroad line. [Archaic]
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jerkwater
       adj : small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college";
             "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns" [syn:
             {one-horse}, {pokey}, {poky}]