jalopies

Definition of jalopiesnext
plural of jalopy
as in crates
a dilapidated old automobile his parents gave him an old jalopy for school

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crates
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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
  • LimX Dynamics released this week a video showing 18 of its full-size Oli humanoid robots autonomously emerging from shipping crates, standing up, walking in formation, and performing a coordinated routine without human intervention.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Jalopies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jalopies. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.

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