jalopy
English
Etymology
Origin unknown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʒəˈlɒ.pi/
Noun
jalopy (plural jalopies)
- (US) 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.
- 1979, Jack Kerouac, On the road, page 3:
Synonyms
Translations
old, dilapidated car
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