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the compliment counterfeit that arrives wearing someone else's name for less money.

means a cheap, unauthorized copy of a branded product, designed to look like the real thing without the license to be it.

from emerged mid-1900s from boxing slang knock off meaning to finish quickly and cheaply, later borrowed by the garment trade for hastily copied designs run off overnight.

for instance

canal street bagsmanhattan strip famous for fake chanel and rolex since the 1980s

paofen sneakersguangzhou factories churning replica jordans by the millions

silk market beijingmulti floor mall openly selling knockoff apparel to tourists

dhgatechinese marketplace nicknamed the internets knockoff superstore

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