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jaloppy

jaloppy is the alternative form of jalopy.

Meaning of jalopy

Noun

jalopy (plural jalopies)

  1. (US, slightly dated) An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
    • Dean is the perfect guy for the road because he was actually born on the road, when his parents were passing through Salt Lake City in 1926, in a jalopy, on their way to Los Angeles.1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, chapter 1, in On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC

Forms of jaloppy

pluraljaloppies

Questions about jaloppy

What is jaloppy the alternative form of?
Jaloppy is the alternative form of jalopy.

Words near jaloppy in the dictionary

  1. Jalomo
  2. Jalomos
  3. jalop
  4. jalopies
  5. jaloppies
  6. jaloppy
  7. jalopy
  8. Jalore
  9. jalouse
  10. jaloused
  11. jalouses

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