jerkwater
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tər, -ˌwɒt adjective
1.
Informal. insignificant and out-of-the-way: a jerkwater town.
2.
(formerly) off the main line: a jerkwater train.
noun
3.
(formerly) a train not running on the main line.
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jerkwater (ˈdʒɜːkˌwɔːtə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| slang (US), (Canadian) inferior and insignificant: a jerkwater town | |
| [C19: originally referring to railway locomotives for which water was taken on in buckets from streams along the route] | |
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Jerkwater
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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jerkwater definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
With an inheritance she purchases an existing clinic in a jerkwater town.
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