jerkwateradj.n.

Brit.

/ˈdʒəːkˌwɔːtə/, U.S.

/ˈdʒərkˌwɔdər/,

/ˈdʒərkˌwɑdər/

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: jerk v.¹, water n.

Etymology: Apparently < jerk v.¹ + water n.The exact origin of the expression, and especially the sense of the first element is uncertain, but it appears to refer to a method for taking on water, either for a steam engine, or perhaps originally for the horses of a stagecoach. Compare also occasional later U.S. uses of jerkwater to describe installations and devices used to take on water from trackside water troughs (1874 or earlier; also in combinations such as jerkwater system (1884 or earlier), jerkwater trough, jerkwater apparatus (both 1887 or earlier)), often with reference to a mechanized system invented by J. Ramsbottom and first used in Britain in 1860.

colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.).

A. adj. (attributive).

1. Designating a stagecoach or train serving small or insignificant towns; designating a stagecoach route or train line connecting such towns. Frequently in jerkwater line, jerkwater train. Cf. jerk adj.² 1b. Now rare.

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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [adjective] > type of train

carriaged1776

steam-hauled1835

steam-operated1835

jerkwater1852

articulated1884

vestibuled1890

multiple-unit1902

air-braked1905

collision-proof1906

pull-and-push1914

push-and-pull1927

sealed1949

drive-on1954

1852 Miami County (Indiana) Sentinel 6 May 1/4 Although you might contrive to go across in a sort of jerk water stage, from Stillwater to St. Paul, by land, you will probably prefer to go around in the boat.

1863 Morgan County Gaz. (Martinsville, Indiana) 19 Sept. An attempt is to be made to revive the old ‘jerk-water’ railroad from here to Franklin.

1871 Daily Arkansas Gaz. (Little Rock, Arkansas) 14 Mar. Some call it the Little Rock peanut train; others the jerk-water train.

1877 C. Bent Hist. Whiteside County, Illinois v. 115 Even what were jocosely denominated ‘jerk water’ lines of stages were doing a good business.

1926 J. Black You can't Win xx. 303 I followed the pay-roll aboard the jerkwater train that carried it to the waiting miners.

1939 Emporia (Kansas) Daily Gaz. 13 Sept. 4/2 It is inevitable—the abandonment of rails on the Katy branch between Neosho Falls and Junction City. For it is a doomed jerkwater branch.

1951 N.Y. Times 2 Dec. x29/2 The only railroad that ever entered the county was a jerkwater line that crossed hardly a mile below the northern county line.

2. In extended use: small, insignificant; inferior. Frequently in jerkwater town (cf. jerk adj.² 1a).

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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [adjective]

salec1299

bastarda1348

sorry1372

slight1393

shrewd1426

singlec1449

backc1450

soberc1450

lesser1464

silly?a1500

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mockado1577

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wooden1592

starved1604

perishing1605

starveling1611

minor1612

starvy1647

potsherd1655

low1727

la-la1800

waif1824

lathen1843

one-eyed1843

snide1859

bobbery1873

jerkwater1877

low-grade1878

shoddy1882

tinhorn1886

jerk1893

cheapie1898

shaganappi1900

buckeye1906

reach-me-down1907

pissy1922

crappy1928

cruddy1935

el cheapo1967

pound shop1989

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial

eathlyc890

lighteOE

littleOE

small?c1225

singlec1449

easy1474

triflous1509

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slight1548

shrimpish1549

slipper1567

truanta1572

toyous1581

trivious1583

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silly1587

nicea1594

puny?1594

puisne1598

pusill1599

whindling1601

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unsignificant1603

flea-bite1605

perishing1605

lank1607

weightless1610

fonda1616

penny farthing1615

triviala1616

unweighty1621

transitory1637

twattling1651

inconsiderate1655

unserious1655

nugal1656

small drink1656

slighty1662

minute1668

paddling1679

snitling1682

retail1697

Lilliputian1726

vain1731

rattletrap1760

peppercornish1762

peppercorn1791

underling1804

venial1806

lightweight1809

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small-bore1833

minified1837

trantlum1838

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tea-tabular1855

potty1860

whipping-snapping1861

tea-gardeny1862

quiddling1863

twaddling1863

fidgeting1865

penny ante1865

feather-weighted1870

jerkwater1877

midget1879

mimsy1880

shirttail1881

two-by-four1885

footle1894

skittery1905

footery1929

Mickey Mouse1931

chickenshit1934

minoritized1945

marginal1952

marginalized1961

tea-party1961

little league1962

marginalizing1977

minnowy1991

1877 People (Indianapolis) 6 Jan. 3/6 As an example of this jerk-water editorial lunatic's stuff..just gaze on this.

1897 Chicago Tribune 25 July 15/2 John J. Ingalls regards the Swiss Mission as a jerkwater job, and would not take it if it were offered to him.

1936 Jrnl. Genetic Psychol. 49 492 It was one of those jerkwater towns that have one lawyer, one drug store and no traffic cops.

1950 R. P. Blesh & H. Janis They all played Ragtime (1958) 3 Vaudeville teams—from the jerkwater acts to specialists like Ben Harney.

1970 R. Lockridge Twice Retired (1971) v. 68 It won't be easy for him to get another job if he's fired... Maybe at some jerkwater college at half what he's getting now.

2005 C. Mann 1491 ii. vii. 220 A jerkwater town on the Pacific called Tututepec.

B. n.

1. A coach route or railway line connecting small or insignificant towns; a branch line. Also: a stagecoach or train serving small or insignificant towns. Now rare.

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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > train on branch railway

jerkwater1863

1863 Indianapolis Daily Jrnl. 3 Nov. For gracious sake, keep off the ‘Jerk-water’, for of all the poor roads in the country it is the poorest.

1878 F. H. Hart Sazerac Lying Club 16 I wish I may be runned over by a two-horse jerk-water if there was a sage-hen in sight.

1893 Lawrence (Kansas) Weekly World 23 June The old ‘jerkwater’ came in again..with a dozen cars of freight for this city.

1918 Reedy's Mirror 18 Jan. 33/2 The president has taken possession of all of the railroads (even some of the ‘jerk-waters’).

1957 A. Rand Atlas Shrugged i. vii. 175 I think it was the intent and purpose of the National Alliance of Railroads to protect the essential systems, not the jerk-waters of North Dakota.

2. A small or insignificant town; a backwater.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > small town > unimportant small town

mudhole1784

toytown1816

Podunk1840

one-horse town1855

tank town1906

jerkwater1912

Hicksville1921

bumfuck1972

1912 Pop. Electr. Apr. 1094 When the road electrician plays country towns (termed ‘jerkwaters’ in the phraseology of the stage) he often finds a voltage of 500 to 550 volts.

1991 D. Harington Choiring of Trees 124 On the way to Conway..were the same little jerkwaters and whistlestops she'd passed through twice every weekend.

2000 Amer. Spectator (Nexis) Sept. Bombing foreign jerkwaters for domestic political gain.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jerkwater
释义	jerkwateradj.n. Brit. /ˈdʒəːkˌwɔːtə/, U.S. /ˈdʒərkˌwɔdər/, /ˈdʒərkˌwɑdər/ Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: jerk v.¹, water n. Etymology: Apparently < jerk v.¹ + water n.The exact origin of the expression, and especially the sense of the first element is uncertain, but it appears to refer to a method for taking on water, either for a steam engine, or perhaps originally for the horses of a stagecoach. Compare also occasional later U.S. uses of jerkwater to describe installations and devices used to take on water from trackside water troughs (1874 or earlier; also in combinations such as jerkwater system (1884 or earlier), jerkwater trough, jerkwater apparatus (both 1887 or earlier)), often with reference to a mechanized system invented by J. Ramsbottom and first used in Britain in 1860. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). A. adj. (attributive). 1. Designating a stagecoach or train serving small or insignificant towns; designating a stagecoach route or train line connecting such towns. Frequently in jerkwater line, jerkwater train. Cf. jerk adj.² 1b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [adjective] > type of train carriaged1776 steam-hauled1835 steam-operated1835 jerkwater1852 articulated1884 vestibuled1890 multiple-unit1902 air-braked1905 collision-proof1906 pull-and-push1914 push-and-pull1927 sealed1949 drive-on1954 1852 Miami County (Indiana) Sentinel 6 May 1/4 Although you might contrive to go across in a sort of jerk water stage, from Stillwater to St. Paul, by land, you will probably prefer to go around in the boat. 1863 Morgan County Gaz. (Martinsville, Indiana) 19 Sept. An attempt is to be made to revive the old ‘jerk-water’ railroad from here to Franklin. 1871 Daily Arkansas Gaz. (Little Rock, Arkansas) 14 Mar. Some call it the Little Rock peanut train; others the jerk-water train. 1877 C. Bent Hist. Whiteside County, Illinois v. 115 Even what were jocosely denominated ‘jerk water’ lines of stages were doing a good business. 1926 J. Black You can't Win xx. 303 I followed the pay-roll aboard the jerkwater train that carried it to the waiting miners. 1939 Emporia (Kansas) Daily Gaz. 13 Sept. 4/2 It is inevitable—the abandonment of rails on the Katy branch between Neosho Falls and Junction City. For it is a doomed jerkwater branch. 1951 N.Y. Times 2 Dec. x29/2 The only railroad that ever entered the county was a jerkwater line that crossed hardly a mile below the northern county line. 2. In extended use: small, insignificant; inferior. Frequently in jerkwater town (cf. jerk adj.² 1a). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [adjective] salec1299 bastarda1348 sorry1372 slight1393 shrewd1426 singlec1449 backc1450 soberc1450 lesser1464 silly?a1500 starven1546 mockado1577 subaltern1578 bastardly1583 wooden1592 starved1604 perishing1605 starveling1611 minor1612 starvy1647 potsherd1655 low1727 la-la1800 waif1824 lathen1843 one-eyed1843 snide1859 bobbery1873 jerkwater1877 low-grade1878 shoddy1882 tinhorn1886 jerk1893 cheapie1898 shaganappi1900 buckeye1906 reach-me-down1907 pissy1922 crappy1928 cruddy1935 el cheapo1967 pound shop1989 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial eathlyc890 lighteOE littleOE small?c1225 singlec1449 easy1474 triflous1509 naughty1526 slender1530 slight1548 shrimpish1549 slipper1567 truanta1572 toyous1581 trivious1583 mean1585 silly1587 nicea1594 puny?1594 puisne1598 pusill1599 whindling1601 sapless1602 non-significant1603 poor1603 unsignificant1603 flea-bite1605 perishing1605 lank1607 weightless1610 fonda1616 penny farthing1615 triviala1616 unweighty1621 transitory1637 twattling1651 inconsiderate1655 unserious1655 nugal1656 small drink1656 slighty1662 minute1668 paddling1679 snitling1682 retail1697 Lilliputian1726 vain1731 rattletrap1760 peppercornish1762 peppercorn1791 underling1804 venial1806 lightweight1809 floccinaucical1826 small-bore1833 minified1837 trantlum1838 piffling1848 tea-tabular1855 potty1860 whipping-snapping1861 tea-gardeny1862 quiddling1863 twaddling1863 fidgeting1865 penny ante1865 feather-weighted1870 jerkwater1877 midget1879 mimsy1880 shirttail1881 two-by-four1885 footle1894 skittery1905 footery1929 Mickey Mouse1931 chickenshit1934 minoritized1945 marginal1952 marginalized1961 tea-party1961 little league1962 marginalizing1977 minnowy1991 1877 People (Indianapolis) 6 Jan. 3/6 As an example of this jerk-water editorial lunatic's stuff..just gaze on this. 1897 Chicago Tribune 25 July 15/2 John J. Ingalls regards the Swiss Mission as a jerkwater job, and would not take it if it were offered to him. 1936 Jrnl. Genetic Psychol. 49 492 It was one of those jerkwater towns that have one lawyer, one drug store and no traffic cops. 1950 R. P. Blesh & H. Janis They all played Ragtime (1958) 3 Vaudeville teams—from the jerkwater acts to specialists like Ben Harney. 1970 R. Lockridge Twice Retired (1971) v. 68 It won't be easy for him to get another job if he's fired... Maybe at some jerkwater college at half what he's getting now. 2005 C. Mann 1491 ii. vii. 220 A jerkwater town on the Pacific called Tututepec. B. n. 1. A coach route or railway line connecting small or insignificant towns; a branch line. Also: a stagecoach or train serving small or insignificant towns. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > train on branch railway jerkwater1863 1863 Indianapolis Daily Jrnl. 3 Nov. For gracious sake, keep off the ‘Jerk-water’, for of all the poor roads in the country it is the poorest. 1878 F. H. Hart Sazerac Lying Club 16 I wish I may be runned over by a two-horse jerk-water if there was a sage-hen in sight. 1893 Lawrence (Kansas) Weekly World 23 June The old ‘jerkwater’ came in again..with a dozen cars of freight for this city. 1918 Reedy's Mirror 18 Jan. 33/2 The president has taken possession of all of the railroads (even some of the ‘jerk-waters’). 1957 A. Rand Atlas Shrugged i. vii. 175 I think it was the intent and purpose of the National Alliance of Railroads to protect the essential systems, not the jerk-waters of North Dakota. 2. A small or insignificant town; a backwater. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > small town > unimportant small town mudhole1784 toytown1816 Podunk1840 one-horse town1855 tank town1906 jerkwater1912 Hicksville1921 bumfuck1972 1912 Pop. Electr. Apr. 1094 When the road electrician plays country towns (termed ‘jerkwaters’ in the phraseology of the stage) he often finds a voltage of 500 to 550 volts. 1991 D. Harington Choiring of Trees 124 On the way to Conway..were the same little jerkwaters and whistlestops she'd passed through twice every weekend. 2000 Amer. Spectator (Nexis) Sept. Bombing foreign jerkwaters for domestic political gain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1852
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