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jalopy

ja·lopy

UK/d͡ʒəˈlɒ.pi/ US/dʒʌˈlɑpi/ uncommon us

noun

1.

a car that is old and unreliable

  • “the fenders had fallen off that old bus”
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Origin

Unknown. Perhaps from Jalapa, Mexico (now Xalapa), to whose scrapyards used cars were often sent from New Orleans starting in the 1920s. First recorded written use in 1924.

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