What is "jalopies"

Usage examples of "jalopies".

There were fewer cars there, the jalopies of waiters and kitchen help.

They pass the carcasses of old jalopies, front ends fallen through the ice, doors riddled with bullet holes.

There were more plated or armored vehicles out hereand more jalopies, too.

Precisely at four, two members of his team had created a diversion on the road that ran past the gate by pretending to be kids revving loud jalopies in a drag race.

Taking his equipment, he locked the door and disappeared into the forest, hearing the roar of the jalopies finishing the race.