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jalopy

ja·lopy [ jə-ˈlä-pē]

jalopy

noun

[jə-ˈlä-pē]

plural jalopies

Definition of jalopy

: a dilapidated old vehicle (such as an automobile)

Synonyms & Antonyms for dainty

Synonyms: Synonyms

Recent Examples on the Web

//Fans have dissected the teaser trailer where the core four are at the lake, riding in the jalopy, etc.
— Jessica Radloff, Glamour, "Here's What's Going to Happen This Season of Riverdale," 10 Oct. 2018
//Instead, our personal garages are stuffed mostly with lawn-care equipment and assorted jalopies of lesser prestige.
— Car and Driver, "Lightning Lap 2018: Where the Track Tells the Truth," 26 Sep. 2018
//Although some residents have jalopies (and sometimes one will come with a rental house), the way to get around is on a bike, a golf cart or your own two feet.
— Alison Humes, WSJ, "Summer Getaways That You Don’t Need To Sweat Over," 28 June 2018
//Every Jaguar and jalopy in L.A. is left parked at its destination, usually taking up more public real estate than would 10 electric scooters in a row.
— Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, "Fly On, My Sleek Electric Bird," 30 May 2018
//But the regime’s bigger problem is that investors who kick the tires on the Castro jalopy increasingly walk away.
— The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Cuba Gets a Castro Convertible," 22 Apr. 2018
//This is an organization that paints an old jalopy in opposing team’s colors, parks it in front of the arena, and then asks fans for a $5 charitable contribution to swing at it with a sledgehammer.
— Kevin Allen, USA TODAY, "Predators' playoff celebration promises to be 'bigger and better than last year'," 12 Apr. 2018
//There ought to be graphics of a junkyard of jalopies: Look, there's the ghost of Virginia right there.
— Chuck Culpepper, chicagotribune.com, "Nevada is the unkillable zombie of the NCAA tournament's haunted graveyard region," 18 Mar. 2018
//When a jalopy driven by the mysterious Alison (Claire van der Boom) sputters into the garage where Henry works nights with the ebullient Arthur (Delroy Lindo, excellent), a friendship — and more — develops between Alison and fellow lost soul Henry.
— Gary Goldstein, latimes.com, "Mixed performances set tone in Southern melodrama 'Battlecreek'," 2 Nov. 2017

First Known Use of jalopy

1928, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for jalopy

origin unknown

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