one-horse town
Slang definitions & phrases for
one-horse town
one-horse town
noun phrase
A small town;
jerkwater town
(1855+)
Idioms and Phrases with
one-horse town
one-horse town
A small and unimportant place, as in
Ours was just a one-horse town until the nuclear plant was built
. This expression, first recorded in 1857, presumably alluded to a town so small that a single horse would suffice for its transportation needs.