jalopy
- (US, dated) An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
- (US, dated, slang) A hip, cool, groovy automobile.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/d͡ʒəˈlɒ.pi/
Etymology
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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