Jalopy

Definitions

An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.

US, dated

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“"We ran into some real excitement," Frank said, and told his father the whole story of Chet's missing jalopy, the wrecked car which they suspected had been a stolen one also, and the attempted holdup at the ferryboat office.”

“There's only a rough track and I doubt⟳ if that jalopy of yours will make⟳ it.”

“Through most of those early years of restless travel⟳, he dragged his two children and his long-suffering wife, Maryann[…] behind him like⟳ tin cans tied to the bumper of a jalopy that no car dealer in his right mind⟳ would take⟳ in trade⟳.”

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