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Her ride is a jalopy of a propeller plane piloted by Daryl (Wahlberg), who turns out to be a Mob hit man.
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Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Golf carts resemble the Joad’s family jalopy in the film classic, The Grapes of Wrath, packed to the hilt with jumbo, floating water mats, some 20 feet in length, colossal floats better suited for the Macy’s Day Parade, and the largest sand robber of them all, the canvas beach cabana.
—Steve Cambria, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2024
Do your annoying neighbors constantly park their old jalopy in front of your home?
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 30 July 2024
What the Aztecs need is to turn the most boring offense in the school’s modern day history into an exciting adventure, and Lewis goes 100 mph, which is 100-mph faster than Hoke’s jalopy.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
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Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025
Golf carts resemble the Joad’s family jalopy in the film classic, The Grapes of Wrath, packed to the hilt with jumbo, floating water mats, some 20 feet in length, colossal floats better suited for the Macy’s Day Parade, and the largest sand robber of them all, the canvas beach cabana.
—Steve Cambria, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2024
Do your annoying neighbors constantly park their old jalopy in front of your home?
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 30 July 2024
What the Aztecs need is to turn the most boring offense in the school’s modern day history into an exciting adventure, and Lewis goes 100 mph, which is 100-mph faster than Hoke’s jalopy.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jalopy
crate
Noun
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Because of its delicate nature, a special crate has to be built for its transport.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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The tale conjures up the closing scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark, when the wood crate containing the Ark of the Covenant is reposited among thousands of similar containers in a US government storage facility.—
Dana Thomas,
Architectural Digest,
12 Mar. 2026
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