jalopy

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 they’ll get there—in the same way a young car-shopper starts with a beat-up old jalopy, he argued, eventually they’ll walk onto the lot in middle age looking for a pricey new Cadillac.

From Slate ● May 25, 2025

We packed a few belongings, stored the rest in our barrack, and left our Carcachita, our old jalopy, locked and parked in front.

From "Breaking Through" 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

It was a replica of the jalopies that passed through Kern County during the Dust Bowl.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

Over there was the junkyard where their father fixed up jalopies, and the sheds where the family raised pigs and cows and chickens.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 3, 2023

It had long been known that most accidents occurred with new cars, and that ancient jalopies were relatively safe even in the hands of juvenile delinquents.

From The Machine That Saved The World by Leinster, Murray