jalopy

(Englisch)

  1. (US, dated) An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
  2. (US, dated, slang) A hip, cool, groovy automobile.

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/d͡ʒəˈlɒ.pi/
Etymologie (Englisch)

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.

Chaise

alte Kiste

old conveyance

dilapidated conveyance

rattle-trap

old car

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