jerk-water vs jerkwater

jerk-water

adj
  • Of an inhabited place, small, isolated, backward. 

  • Railroads with low traffic. 

noun
  • A branch line train, using light equipment 

jerkwater

adj
  • Of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, and backward. 

noun
  • A jerkwater town. 

  • A train on a branch line. 

How often have the words jerk-water and jerkwater occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )