The word "knockoff" is a correct and usable word in written English
It is an informal noun that refers to a knockoff or imitation version of an item, usually of lesser quality and at a lower cost. Example sentence: "She bought a cheap knockoff purse for only $5 at the flea market."
Cheap shanzhai (knockoff) handsets with fruity branding are rife.
Chinese music fans were raised on knockoff CDs and are now accustomed to getting hold of music for nothing on file-sharing websites.
Dressed in a knockoff Stones t-shirt, Mr Liu said he discovered the band on cassette 20 years ago.
Some even threatened to ignore DuPont's patent, raising visions of a scientific underground passing knockoff OncoMouse mice from lab to lab.
He remained busy in 1939, directing five B-films: Full Confession, an Informer (1935) knockoff with Victor McLaglen The Saint Strikes Backk, the first in the series to star George Sanders; Five Came Back, a jungle-survival melodrama with Lucille Ball, Chester Morris, and John Carradine; Reno with Richard Dix; and Sorority House, an Anne Shirley drama written by Dalton Trumbo.
The law doesn't distinguish between a knockoff purse and a one-of-a-kind Gucci-logo jacket.
"Dizzy" is a nifty piece of psych-pop, and "Sheila" is as good a Buddy Holly knockoff as has ever been committed to wax. 6 Delancey St. (212-533-2111) — APalaces: Shabazz Palaces.
"Britney Jean" 's first single, "Work B**ch," co-written by Will.i.am, is an able knockoff of the four-on-the-floor variant of house music.
Each math class was charged with holding a preliminary memorization contest and a preliminary round of a "Jeopardy!" knockoff that had categories like "Famous Circles in History".
Once, on a good day, he had cleared more than a thousand American dollars selling knockoff Nautica gear from an underground factory in Tianjin to Russian traders.
Xiaomi has been criticized as something of an Apple knockoff.
