jerkwater town

English

Etymology

See jerkwater

Noun

jerkwater town (plural jerkwater towns)

1. (US) A small town with minimal facilities and conveniences.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:remote place
• backwater
• one-horse town
• Podunk
• tank town

Translations

small town

• Russian: захолустный горо́дишко (zaxolustnyj goródiško)

Further reading

• “jerkwater town”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.