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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

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



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]