Jalopy

Noun

 * 1) An old, dilapidated automobile.
 * 2) * 2003, Terrance Dicks & Barry Letts, Deadly Reunion, chapter 22
 * There's only a rough track and I doubt if that jalopy of yours will make it.

Thesaurus
auto, autocar, automobile, boat, buggy, bus, car, crate, dog, heap, machine, motor, motor vehicle, motorcar, motorized vehicle, tub, voiture, wheels, wreck

Etymology
Origin unknown. Is it possible that the non spanish-speaking New Orleans-based longshoremen, referring to scrapped autos circa 1920 destined for Jalapa, Mexico scrapyards, pronounced the destination on the palettes "jalopies" rather than multiples or possessive of Jalapa?

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Icelandic: ,


 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: cacharro, carro destartalado