one-horse

/ˌwʌn ˈhɔrs/
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Definitions of one-horse
  1. adjective
    small and remote and insignificant
    “passed a series of poky little one-horse towns”
    synonyms: jerkwater, pokey, poky
    provincial
    characteristic of the provinces or their people
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