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JERKWATER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jerkwater mean?
• JERKWATER (adjective)
The adjective JERKWATER has 1 sense:
1. small and remote and insignificant
Familiarity information: JERKWATER used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small and remote and insignificant
Synonyms:
jerkwater; one-horse; pokey; poky
Context example:
passed a series of poky little one-horse towns
Similar:
provincial (characteristic of the provinces or their people)
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