[…] by bailing from near streams with buckets, (the brake-man called this operation jerking water) and from this the road gets its name of jerkwater road.
Source: wiktionary
Jerkwater
//ˈd͡ʒɚk.wɔ.tɚ//
Synonyms for "jerkwater" (27 found)
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Noun(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (13)
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4 translations across 2 languages.
Polish
2 entries- zabity deskami adj (of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, backward)
- pociąg na linii bocznej noun (a train on a branch line)
Russian
2 entries- ма́ленький adj (of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, backward)
- незначи́тельный adj (of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, backward)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Twenty-five miles down the narrow arid highway, there is another town like Napoleon, a little smaller. And then twenty-five miles further, another. This chain of jerkwaters stretches for a lazy afternoon, until you finally encounter a cluster of people that almost resembles a modern civilization, with a movie theater and chain restaurants.
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