Imitation, counterfeit, or what?

[paul johnson]

One would think there would be a well know carny word for that.

On 1/12/2012 4:43 PM, George Thompson wrote:
> A chimera?
>
> GAT
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> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Joel S. Berson<Berson at att.net>  wrote:
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>> I want to refer to an animal being exhibited that is a hoax -- not
>> genuine, but unreal, constructed in some way.
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>> "Counterfeit" has the useful association with "made", as does
>> "fabricated".  Imitation, fake, mock, concocted seem possible
>> too.  What words are most commonly used to describe such a construction?
>>
>> Joel
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> Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much since then.
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