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Her ride is a jalopy of a propeller plane piloted by Daryl (Wahlberg), who turns out to be a Mob hit man.
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Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Golf carts resemble the Joad’s family jalopy in the film classic, The Grapes of Wrath, packed to the hilt with jumbo, floating water mats, some 20 feet in length, colossal floats better suited for the Macy’s Day Parade, and the largest sand robber of them all, the canvas beach cabana.
—Steve Cambria, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2024
Do your annoying neighbors constantly park their old jalopy in front of your home?
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 30 July 2024
What the Aztecs need is to turn the most boring offense in the school’s modern day history into an exciting adventure, and Lewis goes 100 mph, which is 100-mph faster than Hoke’s jalopy.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
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Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Golf carts resemble the Joad’s family jalopy in the film classic, The Grapes of Wrath, packed to the hilt with jumbo, floating water mats, some 20 feet in length, colossal floats better suited for the Macy’s Day Parade, and the largest sand robber of them all, the canvas beach cabana.
—Steve Cambria, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2024
Do your annoying neighbors constantly park their old jalopy in front of your home?
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 30 July 2024
What the Aztecs need is to turn the most boring offense in the school’s modern day history into an exciting adventure, and Lewis goes 100 mph, which is 100-mph faster than Hoke’s jalopy.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jalopy
crate
Noun
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Perhaps more unusually, Biden was given a sterling silver train set worth $7,750 from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and a road bike and two crates of dates worth $7,089 from United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.—
MATTHEW LEE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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The dogs are crate-trained but not house-trained and require a lot of attention and exercise.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Jalopy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jalopy. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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