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croc-off en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of croc (“a plastic slip-on shoe”) + knock-off.

Meanings

1. (informal) An unlicensed or knock-off shoe made in the style of a Croc.
   • Unfortunately for Crocs, Inc., croc-offs can be purchased today at discount stores, beach stores, superstores, and similar shopping outlets. 2015, Strategic Planning for the Administrator, page 471:
   • And now a knockoff – a “Croc-off”? – of the polarizing footwear has a new clientele: prisoners in local jails. 2019 August 7, Kathy Hieatt, “Croc-style shoes proving popular in local jails”, in The Virginian-Pilot:
   • When they were released, Crocs were immensely popular. So popular in fact, that the funky clogs were subject to counterfeit “croc-offs.” 2021 January 22, Janie Tompkins, “The Controversy of Crocs”, in The Phillipian:

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