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knock-off
noun- a product that is designed to be mistaken for an expensive, brand name product US, 1963
- The availability of extensive merchandising displays from manufacturers, coupled with enticing trade deals, have made knockoff fragrances an attractive category for retailers. — Supermarket News, p. 22, 10 August 1987
- After Fin followed Orson Ellis into his private office, the fat man removed his size 52, double-breasted Armani knockoff, and plopped his bulk into an executive chair. — Joseph Wambaugh, Finnegan’s Week, p. 6, 1993
- [C]hances are he wasn’t talking about one of the Italian designer’s $150-plus originals, but one of the thousands of knock-offs that were appearing on New York streets. — Steven Daly and Nalthaniel Wice, alt.culture, p. 27, 1995
- This latest action against "knock-off" businesses adds momentum to Cobra’s successful campaign to thwart the importation, distribution and sale of "knock-off" [golf] clubs to the marketplace. — PR Newswire, 7 September 1995
- Sadly this gem was overlooked at the time of release, even by me, in the then surfeit of crap Terminator/Predator/Robocop knockoffs (Metal Beast, A.P.E.X, Prototype, Cyborg Cop, T-force, Project Shadowcaster, ad fucking nauseum). — Sick Puppy, p. 17, 1998
- The boom box was one of those Taiwanese knock-offs, already falling apart. — Shane Maloney, Nice Try, p. 186, 1998
- [T]he recent spate of Lock, Stock knockoffs in Britain[.] — Graham Fuller, Brute Force, p. 87, 2000
- the end of a work shift; quitting time AUSTRALIA, 1916
- — Gavin Casey, It’s Harder for Girls, p. 61, 1941
- I’ll give a whistle when it’s knock-off for lunch. — Robert S. Close, With Hooves of Brass, p. 137, 1961
- a murder US, 1928
- "So the outfit uses Nigger gorillas like Butcher Knife Brown for the petty knockoffs in Niggertown." — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Trick Baby, p. 183, 1969
- in hot rodding and drag racing, a wheel lug that is easily removed US, 1960
- — Capitol Records, Hot Rod Jargon, 1960s
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