Meaning & use
Jalopies
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Old, battered, or barely functioning cars, especially ones that are worn out or in poor condition.
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The junkyard was full of rusted jalopies from decades past.
They drove a fleet of old jalopies across the country for the charity road rally.
A note on using this word
The origin of 'jalopy' is uncertain, though one theory links it to Jalapa, Mexico, once a destination for scrapped American cars.
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