English

Proper noun

Drinkwater

1. A surname​.

English

Noun

drinkwater ‎(uncountable)

1. Potable water; water intended for drinking
   • 1905, Cape of Good Hope (South Africa). Colonial Secretary's Dept. Local Government and Health Branch, Reports:

     In very dry seasons some drinkwater is brought from wells dug in the bed of the river, about half-an hour from the village.

   • 1916, McClure's Magazine - Volume 47:

     “I'll come back and bring you some drinkwater," he said.

Adjective

drinkwater ‎(not comparable)

1. (of a place) Small, rural, and insignificant.
   • 1972, Barry Brissman, Swing low, page 60:

     And for a moment it seemed that everything would be all right, that we were traveling back in time to that idyllic farm near a drinkwater town in Iowa, back to my boyhood, and that Mina would always smile up at me from her bed.

   • 2014, Richard Hoyt, Decoys: A John Denson Mystery, ISBN 1590772733, page 50:

     I'm surprised they have that kind of thing in a drinkwater place like this.

   • 2016, Michael Kahmann, A Contract For Ethan:

     “[...] Heard she killed two of them Jenson brothers in some drinkwater town in Kansas?”

Synonyms

• (potable water): drinking water
• (insignificant): backwater, podunk, jerkwater