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  • noun Plural form of knock-off.

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Examples

  • For the most part, Teen fashion Tumblrs are a mixture of high fashion images from runways and magazines, fashion-like Flickr images, commonly of very thin young Caucasians, faces hidden behind their long straight hair, commercial fashion shoots featuring Asian teens in latest knock-offs and short clips from films demonstrating an almost comic ability to find that one Emo sentence even in the worst of movies "Do you tell me lies because they sound better?"

    Daria Shualy: Faceless Fashion: Torsos Hot on Teen Tumblr Daria Shualy 2011

  • Be sure it is a REAL Croc item as the knock-offs are inferior.

    Page 2 2009

  • But if Johnson noticed during his visit that the show includes not only modern knock-offs, but also a fine historic tepee embellished with beaded medallions and, on the back, with beaded panels, he neglected to mention that to his readers:

    Lee Rosenbaum: Native Americans, Brooklyn-Style: Family-Friendly, Deeply Informative "Tipi" Show Lee Rosenbaum 2011

  • For the most part, Teen fashion Tumblrs are a mixture of high fashion images from runways and magazines, fashion-like Flickr images, commonly of very thin young Caucasians, faces hidden behind their long straight hair, commercial fashion shoots featuring Asian teens in latest knock-offs and short clips from films demonstrating an almost comic ability to find that one Emo sentence even in the worst of movies "Do you tell me lies because they sound better?"

    Daria Shualy: Faceless Fashion: Torsos Hot on Teen Tumblr Daria Shualy 2011

  • But if Johnson noticed during his visit that the show includes not only modern knock-offs, but also a fine historic tepee embellished with beaded medallions and, on the back, with beaded panels, he neglected to mention that to his readers:

    Lee Rosenbaum: Native Americans, Brooklyn-Style: Family-Friendly, Deeply Informative "Tipi" Show Lee Rosenbaum 2011

  • But if Johnson noticed during his visit that the show includes not only modern knock-offs, but also a fine historic tepee embellished with beaded medallions and, on the back, with beaded panels, he neglected to mention that to his readers:

    Lee Rosenbaum: Native Americans, Brooklyn-Style: Family-Friendly, Deeply Informative "Tipi" Show Lee Rosenbaum 2011

  • But my biggest problem was with a stupid group of European holy men levitating inside some sacred Asian mountain stronghold, wearing what looked like cheap Buddhist robe knock-offs.

    the imaginarium of doctor parnassus « paper fruit 2010

  • Be sure it is a REAL Croc item as the knock-offs are inferior.

    Page 2 2009

  • In a way, as long as one's Levi's aren't knock-offs made by counterfeiters, they are authentic.

    'Fake Authenticity' for Sale Eric Felten 2011

  • But if Johnson noticed during his visit that the show includes not only modern knock-offs, but also a fine historic tepee embellished with beaded medallions and, on the back, with beaded panels, he neglected to mention that to his readers:

    Lee Rosenbaum: Native Americans, Brooklyn-Style: Family-Friendly, Deeply Informative "Tipi" Show Lee Rosenbaum 2011

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