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Jalopy - What does it mean?

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jalopy

English

Noun

(jalopies)
  • An old, dilapidated vehicle.
  • * 1979 , Jack Kerouac, On the road , page 3:
    • Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he was actually born on the road, when his parents were passing through Salt Lake City in 1926, in a jalopy , on their way to Los Angeles.
  • * 2003 , Terrance Dicks & Barry Letts, Deadly Reunion , chapter 22:
    • There's only a rough track and I doubt if that jalopy of yours will make it.

    Synonyms

    * flivver, hooptie, tin Lizzie

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.