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jerkwater

jerk·wa·ter [ júrk wàwtər ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. small and unimportant: remote from population centers and considered insignificant and backward

2. lacking significance: lacking consequence or significance

[< supplying water to early trains in remote places with a bucket on a rope]
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