jerk-water

See also: jerkwater and jerk water

English

Noun

jerk-water (plural jerk-waters)

(rail transport, derogatory) A branch line train, using light equipment
- 1918, Charmian London, Jack London and Hawaii, page 19
  The mail was brought by a tiny "jerk-water" bobtail dummy and coach run by one, Tony, from Pearl City, a mile away, to a station near the end of the peninsula.

Adjective

jerk-water (comparative more jerk-water, superlative most jerk-water)

(US, colloquial, derogatory) Of an inhabited place, small, isolated, backward.
- 1907, Charles Stelzle, Christianity's Storm Centre: A Study of the Modern City, page 103
  That seems to disappoint them, for every sociologist likes to go back to some jerk-water college and tell those who are in the sociological class how they had to get their information by pantomime."
(US, colloquial, derogatory, rail transport) Railroads with low traffic.
- 1915, Daniel Jacob Hauer, The Economics of Contracting: A Treatise for Contractors, Engineers […], vol. II, page 212
  He had risen to the head of the greatest street car system in the world from the position of brakeman on a jerk-water railroad.
- 1922, Edward Hungerford, Our Railroads To-morrow, page 297
  Can the keen-minded Mr. Willard at Baltimore be more anxious than the keen-minded Mr. Rea at Philadelphia to undertake the management of jerk-water branches in Connecticut or in Rhode Island or down on Cape Cod ?

Synonyms

See: Thesaurus:remote place

Related terms

jerk water
jerkwater

单词	jerk-water
释义	jerk-water See also: jerkwater and jerk water English Noun jerk-water (plural jerk-waters) (rail transport, derogatory) A branch line train, using light equipment 1918, Charmian London, Jack London and Hawaii, page 19 The mail was brought by a tiny "jerk-water" bobtail dummy and coach run by one, Tony, from Pearl City, a mile away, to a station near the end of the peninsula. Adjective jerk-water (comparative more jerk-water, superlative most jerk-water) (US, colloquial, derogatory) Of an inhabited place, small, isolated, backward. 1907, Charles Stelzle, Christianity's Storm Centre: A Study of the Modern City, page 103 That seems to disappoint them, for every sociologist likes to go back to some jerk-water college and tell those who are in the sociological class how they had to get their information by pantomime." (US, colloquial, derogatory, rail transport) Railroads with low traffic. 1915, Daniel Jacob Hauer, The Economics of Contracting: A Treatise for Contractors, Engineers […], vol. II, page 212 He had risen to the head of the greatest street car system in the world from the position of brakeman on a jerk-water railroad. 1922, Edward Hungerford, Our Railroads To-morrow, page 297 Can the keen-minded Mr. Willard at Baltimore be more anxious than the keen-minded Mr. Rea at Philadelphia to undertake the management of jerk-water branches in Connecticut or in Rhode Island or down on Cape Cod ? Synonyms See: Thesaurus:remote place Related terms jerk water jerkwater
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