jerkwater town

noun

A small town with minimal facilities and conveniences.

Similar
tank townone-horse townPodunkIsolated townbump in the roadjerkwaterjerk-waterwide spot in the road
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Meanings

nounjerkwater town (plural jerkwater towns)

plural jerkwater towns

  1. USA small town with minimal facilities and conveniences.

    Synonyms: tank town, one-horse town, Podunk, Isolated town, bump in the road, jerkwater, jerk-water, one-horse town

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA small town with minimal facilities and conveniences.

Similar
tank townone-horse townPodunkIsolated townbump in the roadjerkwaterjerk-waterone-horse townwide spot in the roadIsolated placearse end of nowhereback of beyondback fortybackcountrybackwaterbackwoodsprovincesbeyond the black stumpboondock
Also see
backwaterbumfuck nowhereends of the earthhinterlandnowheresvilleone-horse townpodunkthe sticks

Origin

See jerkwater.

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Translations

Polish partykularz
  • partykularzsmall town
Russian захолустный горо́дишко
  • захолустный горо́дишко (zaxolustnyj goródiško)small town
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Chicago

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