jalopy
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You could patch up the car, which could make it an unreliable jalopy that breaks down — leading to you having to pour more money into fixing it.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
LeBron James is now a fancy hood ornament on a broken-down jalopy.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2026
Many of us have experienced the insurance-rate sticker shock of upgrading from a beloved old jalopy to something newer and nicer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
But just because this old jalopy still runs doesn’t mean it’s worth taking for a spin.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2025
That cold, early morning, Papa parked the Carcachita, our old jalopy, at one end of the cotton field.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
If there are racecars, sports cars, and beat-up jalopies alike, are the cars born into their occupation?
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
No one today any longer wishes to hear jokes about nagging mothers-in-law, spendthrift wives or old jalopies, and the men and women who once told them to hardy plaudits are now forgotten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
If this were a 1940s noir, Lou would be fixing jalopies in a dingy garage while waiting for a dame to stroll in to change his fate.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
It was a replica of the jalopies that passed through Kern County during the Dust Bowl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
"It costs at least two hundred credits in fuel alone to get one of these chemical jalopies off the ground!"
From On the Trail of the Space Pirates by Louis Glanzman
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