«JERKWATER TOWN» संबंधित इंग्रजी पुस्तके
खालील ग्रंथसूची निवडीमध्ये
jerkwater town चा वापर शोधा. इंग्रजी साहित्यामध्ये वापराचा संदर्भ देण्यासाठी
jerkwater town शी संबंधित पुस्तके आणि त्याचे थोडक्यात उतारे.
The transportation era of the railroads contributed several still-popular terms.
Jerkwater town is from railroading jargon of the 1890s and is one of the best
known terms for a small town. Jerktown (by 1900) and Jerkwater are variants;
jerktown, ...
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Now You Know More: The Book of Answers
What do a “one-horse” and a “jerkwater” town have in common? In the early days
of the railroad, huge tanks were built along the routes where the steam engines
could stop and refill by pulling, or jerking, a spout into place, allowing the water ...
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Now You Know Big Book of Answers 2: A Collection of Classics ...
What do a “one-horse” and a “jerkwater” town have in common? In the early days
of the railroad, huge tanks were built along the routes where the steam engines
could stop and refill by pulling, or jerking, a spout into place, allowing the water ...
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Tales from the Fringe: Eight Short Stories Designed to ...
Harperville is a little podunk, jerkwater town in the Midwest, situated on a series
of high bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River. Its population about 10,000, it
should've been able to get by with a ten-man police department, the general rule
of ...
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At Her Beck and Call (Mills & Boon Blaze)
Screw this lameass job in this jerkwater town, followed swiftly by, If I don't get this
lameass job in this jerkwater town, I'll just die. Not quite, butit would throw offher
entire program,which she couldn't stand. “I know she's desperate,” the mayor ...
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
syn hick town, jerkwater town, mudhole, one-horse town, Podunk, tank town,
whistle-stop rel cowtown; crossroads; jumping-off place; hamlet, village con city,
metropolis burgee n syn FLAG, banner, color, ensign, jack, pendant, pennant, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
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Riding the Rails: Teenagers on the Move During the Great ...
In the Indianapolis yards, the sun was well up when I boarded a Pennsylvania
train, but I was kicked off in the little jerkwater town of Bradford, Ohio. I went out
on the highway and hitchhiked into Springfield. I'd been twenty-four hours without
...
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Trans-Siberian Express:
In the last compartment werethe young couple Ginzburg, probably on their way to
Birobidjan, that little jerkwater town in the Jewish area. Tanya resented that town,
not because it was supposedly reserved for Jews,asubject on which shewas ...
"Perkinville, a little jerkwater town back in South Dakota. " "Good beer, isn't it?" "I'll
tell the world it is. ... So you had a fallin' out with the old man, did ye too?" "I sure
did." "Did he trun a flatiron after you?" "No, " said Wenny laughing, his mouth ...
John Dos Passos, Michael Clark, 1923
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Historic Railroads of Nebraska
This one was on the Chicago & North Western at Bruno. They even brought the
expressions "tank town" and "jerkwater town" into the popular vocabulary. Well-
water was usually pumped into the tank by a small engine or windmill, or
municipal ...
Michael M. Bartels, James J. Reisdorff, 2002
नवीन गोष्टी ज्यामध्ये «JERKWATER TOWN» ही संज्ञा समाविष्ट आहे
खालील बातम्यातील आयटमच्या संदर्भात राष्ट्रीय आणि आंतरराष्ट्रीय पत्रकार कशाबद्दल बोलले आहेत आणि
jerkwater town ही संज्ञा कशी वापरली आहे ते शोधा.
Kerth: You are here; beauty is here; here is good
... “Imagine gazing out the window at this (if you didn't have to spend tonight in some flea-bag motel in a dingy jerkwater town like this one).”. «Northwest Herald, जुलै 15»
The essence of jerkitude
The jerk-as-fool usage seems to have begun as a derisive reference to the unsophisticated people of a "jerkwater town," that is, a town not ... «The Week Magazine, जून 14»
Rock Cats baseball team's move from New Britain to Hartford, truth …
Sports franchise stories are, of course, variants of "The Music Man." Something is wrong with your jerkwater town. I am going to bring in a lot of ... «Hartford Courant, जून 14»
The Dinosaur Experiment
... hottie, a trio of stoner college kids, and a singing pimp with his cadre of ho's, that all coalesce in the jerkwater town of Fossil Ridge Texas. «HorrorTalk, एप्रिल 14»
The Future? Walton Arts Center Seeks Encore
I first became acquainted with Fayetteville in 1949 as a jerkwater town. Since then all that has changed is the facade with more people. «Northwest Arkansas News, नोव्हेंबर 13»
Legendary, Colorful Matchmaker Rick Glaser Knows His Way …
Do I live in a jerkwater town like Buffalo? Yeah. Is it a boxing capital? No. But considering I don't live in Vegas, New York, Atlantic City or Miami, ... «Niagarafallsreporter.com, ऑक्टोबर 13»
Global Brushes With Officer Krupke - Law & Order: Looney Front
I got detained in Costa Rica, arrested in Colombia, charged by police and soldiers in Uruguay, and stopped in nearly every little jerkwater town ... «Huffington Post, ऑक्टोबर 13»
Fast Company's Founding Editor On How Portland Can Become Great
It was a backwater town—some would even say a jerkwater town. But to use those words is not to be unkind or even harshly judgmental. «Willamette Week, सप्टेंबर 13»
Move by Wyoming Council to buy bank building inspires letters
Wyoming isn't some hick, jerkwater town down in some backwater bayou. As to the bank or city infrastructure costs associated with building a ... «Forest Lake Times, जुलै 12»
Natural Gas Boomtowns
One hundred and ninety-eight miles north of the Brotherly Love city of Philly sits a tiny jerkwater town named Towanda. You probably never ... «Wealth Daily, फेब्रुवारी 12»
