Meaning: an unauthorized copy. Meaning and examples.
Rewrite 1: a rip-off replica2
Rewrite 2: a designer double
Rewrite 3: a copycat copy
Rewrite 4: a not-quite original
Rewrite 5: a faux naturel (Fr.)

Comment: My emphasis here is tongue-in-cheek – or is that tongue-in-chic? Rewrite 5 is meant as a play on words (au natural) to imply something that is not of nature or of an original. What do you think – does it work?

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