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Noun: jalopy  ju'laa-pee
Usage: informal
  1. A car that is old and unreliable
    "the fenders had fallen off that old jalopy";
    - bus [informal], heap [informal], flivver [N. Amer, informal], clunker [N. Amer, informal], banger [Brit, informal], beater [N. Amer, informal], hooptie [US, informal]

Derived forms: jalopies

Type of: auto [informal], autocar [archaic], automobile [N. Amer], car, dysphemism, motor [Brit, informal], motorcar, wheel [informal], whip [US, informal]

Encyclopedia: Jalopy