one-horse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite small and remote and insignificant
    pokey; jerkwater; poky.
    • a jerkwater college
    • passed a series of poky little one-horse towns

WordNet


One"-horse` adjective
Definitions
  1. Drawn by one horse; having but a single horse; as, a one-horse carriage.
  2. Second-rate; inferior; small. Slang, U.S.

Webster 1913