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9 letters · 23 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective small and remote and insignificant
originFrom jerk (“to move with a sudden movement”) + water. Refers to the need to supply the boilers of steam trains with water. In rural areas and small towns with no water tower, where the train did not stop, this was done by scooping ("jerking") water from a track pan. First appears c. 1852, in the Miami County Sentinel (Peru, Indiana).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- jerker 17
- jaker 16
- jake 15
- jark 15
- jerk 15
- wreaker 14
- jak 14
- rewake 13
- weaker 13
- jaw 13
- jew 13
- krewe 12