'jerkwater' definitions:

Definition of 'jerkwater'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns" [syn: jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky]

Definition of 'jerkwater'

From: GCIDE
  • jerkwater \jerkwater\ adj. [from jerk + water, a place where it is necessary to draw (jerk) water to supply the boiler of a steam engine.]
  • 1. small and remote and insignificant; as, a jerkwater college.
  • Syn: one-horse, pokey, poky. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. (Railroads) Off the main railroad line. [Archaic] [PJC]