Synonyms for jalopy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : juh-lop-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : dʒəˈlɒp i |
Définition of jalopy
Origin :- "battered old automobile," 1924 (early variants include jaloupy, jaloppi, gillopy), of unknown origin; perhaps from Jalapa, Mexico, where many U.S. used cars supposedly were sent (see jalapeno).
- noun old, dilapidated automobile
- It looked something like a cross between a schoolboy's jalopy and a scaled-down army tank of former times.
- Extract from : « Badge of Infamy » by Lester del Rey
- Then they hit the thruway—nine of them packed into the jalopy—the oldest one just seventeen years old.
- Extract from : « Code Three » by Rick Raphael
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