jalopy

Example Sentences

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But just because this old jalopy still runs doesn’t mean it’s worth taking for a spin.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2025

Sometimes the old jalopy needs a complete overhaul, not just another oil change.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2023

In between attending practice and driving around Hanover, N.H., in the old jalopy his friends called his “death wagon,” Lund studied English and philosophy.

From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2020

He is pear-shaped and swaybacked, rumpled and shambling, his body as indifferently maintained as an old jalopy.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2020

He calls me Princess, which really is maybe too much polish for the jalopy, but he means it in the right way, I think.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver