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☆ ja·lopy (jə läp′ē)

noun pl. jalopies -·lop′·ies

Slang an old, ramshackle automobile

Etymology: earlier jaloupy < ?

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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