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jerkwater

adjective [before noun]
 
/ˈdʒɜːkˌwɔː.tər/ US  /ˈdʒɝːkˌwɑː.t̬ɚ/ US informal

Definition

describes a place that is small, not important, and a long way from other places: I grew up in a jerkwater town in the middle of nowhere. → Compare backwaterTowns, cities and villages (general)
(Definition of jerkwater adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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