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jalopy [jal-lop-ee] Noun pl -lopies Informal a dilapidated old car [origin unknown]
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That's where the Stooges get into the jalopy at the end of 'Termites of 1938' and blow up the car,'' said Pauley, pointing toward a Bostonian row house facade at the Warner Bros. More endearing, if scarcely less persuasive, is the deflationary comparison of the Kennedys and Texas governor John Connolly and his wife riding through Dallas in the Lincoln Continental X-100 to the Beverly Hillbillies making their jalopy entry into Southern California's Lotusland. Fusion cuisine followers head to BAZOU (2004 Hotel de Ville; 514-982-0853; $20 per person), a funky place where dishes are named for automobiles (bazou translates as jalopy in French). |
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