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Slang for a car, usually old cars, somewhat of the ford model T Design. Some cars that can be seen as 'classic' today can be considered a jalopy, but mostly. 1,787 jalopy stock photos, vectors, and illustrations are available royalty-free. See jalopy stock video clips. Cartoon old carhillibillyrusty car metalold.
nounjalopies
informal- An old car in a dilapidated condition.‘his father got worried about him driving that old jalopy—it wasn't safe’
- ‘He was driving an old jalopy, but when Ernie Reisinger saw the car he said, ‘You can't drive that.’
- ‘I remember Dave telling me how surprised he was that George was driving an old jalopy that barely ran.’
- ‘Well, the Navy just took its first taxi, and it's taking us where we need to go much faster than its old jalopy.’
- ‘The '56 Mercury sputtered along like an old jalopy.’
- ‘The neglected poverty-stricken landscape of Motown is captured throughout the film by the trailer homes, abandoned buildings and jalopies in shades of muted gray, browns, greens and rust.’
Origin
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1920s (originally US): of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
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. ‘He was driving an old jalopy, but when Ernie Reisinger saw the car he said, ‘You can't drive that.’. ‘I remember Dave telling me how surprised he was that George was driving an old jalopy that barely ran.’. ‘Well, the Navy just took its first taxi, and it's taking us where we need to go much faster than its old jalopy.’.
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‘The '56 Mercury sputtered along like an old jalopy.’. ‘The neglected poverty-stricken landscape of Motown is captured throughout the film by the trailer homes, abandoned buildings and jalopies in shades of muted gray, browns, greens and rust.’.
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