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Cosa (chi) è jerkwater - definizione

jerkwater

PART OF A RIVER IN WHICH THERE IS LITTLE OR SEASONAL-ONLY CURRENT

River lagoon; Jerkwater

¦ adjective N. Amer. informal of or associated with remote and insignificant rural settlements.

Origin

C19: from jerk¹ + water, from the need for early railway engines to be supplied with water in remote areas, by dipping a bucket into a stream and 'jerking' it out by rope.

jerkwater

PART OF A RIVER IN WHICH THERE IS LITTLE OR SEASONAL-ONLY CURRENT

River lagoon; Jerkwater

A combination of jerk and backwater. Used to describe someone or something that is stupid and jerky.
I gotta get out of this jerkwater town. Used at: http://www.myentireass.com/forum/1021016933,78386,.shtml

Backwater (river)

PART OF A RIVER IN WHICH THERE IS LITTLE OR SEASONAL-ONLY CURRENT

River lagoon; Jerkwater

A backwater is a part of a river in which there is little or no current. It can refer to a branch of a main river, which lies alongside it and then rejoins it, or to a body of water in a main river, backed up by the sea tide or by an obstruction such as a dam.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backwater_(river)

Esempi dal corpus di testo per jerkwater

1. Michaels was like dozens of other places on the Eastern Shore: "a jerkwater crab town," as somebody in Tilghman said.