jalopy

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  • All I knew was that neither of them was the Beechum jalopy, and maybe I could testify to that. —  Braun_lilian_Jackson_13_The_Cat_Who_Moved_a_Mountain
  • He drove a small open-air jalopy which he parked at the ready near the far end of Cable Beach , opposite where The Zephyr was anchored. —  FUGITIVEBRIDE
  • She contacted Lindsey to tell her the Gargoyle had a plaque The jalopy was an awkward-looking rhomboid assembly of tubes, compressed air jets for propulsion and maneuvering, and several tool chests loaded with prospecting and mapping equipment. —  Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 2002
  • At that I meekly took my far too numerous items off the conveyor, loaded them back in the cart, and sheepishly slinked off to a "slow lane" checkout, with the other sloth-like shoppers, their carts loaded down like the jalopy in Beverly Hillbillies. —  San Antonio News
  • She took it all good-naturedly and was soon barreling off to the fair in her son's jalopy (a Toyota Camry with a cracked windshield), electronic gadgets buzzing in her pockets, still spouting her conservative theories on social policy to the reporter. —  The Common Room
 

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