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Jerk water
Meaning
Verb
●
In American English & Rail transportation:
To
fill
a
steam locomotive
water tank
manually
from natural
water supplies
(a
hypothetical
process whose use has been discredited).
●
In American English & Rail transportation:
To
scoop
water from a
track pan
mounted
on the
tracks
directly
into a
steam
engine's
tank
without stopping.
Adj
⚠️
In American English:
Of
inhabited
places
, small,
insignificant
,
isolated
, backwards
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