Dialects of Ontario

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Jerkwater

Parf of speech: Adjective, OED Year: 1897, OED Evaluation: Colloquial

small, insignificant, inferior

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It's a- it's a half an hour straight drive but because you have to go down every jerkwater road to catch all these other little kids that picked up the bus and…
Small, remote rural settlements
Speaker: Thurstan Skarsgard, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 37, Interview: 2011, Kirkland Lake
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