Jerkwater Town

[Wilson Gray]

On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 11:16 PM, Garson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
> a system by which water troughs [are] fitted between the rails from which > a locomotive [can] scoop up supplies without stopping

For some reason, this is the only explanation of _jerkwater_ with
which I was familiar, before tonight. Perhaps that's because the
Marshall, Texas, of my childhood was a jerkwater town.

Youneverknow.

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