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  • noun Alternative spelling of copycat.

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Examples

  • Dwarfed by both domestic brand-name drug makers and peers in industrialized countries, Japan's makers of so-called copy-cat medicines have been hampered by a government-controlled system of minimum prices and misconceptions about the quality of their products.

    Teva Buys Japanese Generics Maker Taiyo Sten Stovall 2011

  • She followed with a string of copy-cat investigations -- "Homeowner Beware," "Investor Beware" and "Debtor Beware" -- earning a name for herself around the nation's capital as the "Beware Girl."

    Michael Hudson: Digging Deep: A Treasury of Books About Journalism Michael Hudson 2010

  • Nathan Fillion stars asRichard Castle, a famousmystery novelist who is initially called in to help theNYPD solve a copy-cat murder based on his novels.

    sorry, that ain’t how it goes (Agent Edition) « 2009

  • Although not SF it should interest most Firefly fans by starring Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle, a bestselling mystery writer, whose books inspire a serial killer to copy-cat the fictional murders.

    Tube Bits For 03/27/2009 2009

  • Nathan Fillion stars asRichard Castle, a famousmystery novelist who is initially called in to help theNYPD solve a copy-cat murder based on his novels.

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  • She followed with a string of copy-cat investigations -- "Homeowner Beware," "Investor Beware" and "Debtor Beware" -- earning a name for herself around the nation's capital as the "Beware Girl."

    Michael Hudson: Digging Deep: A Treasury of Books About Journalism Michael Hudson 2010

  • For example, before Florida passed the dwarf tossing law in 1989, the environment became so toxic that children and adult Little People feared "copy-cat" behavior and being thrown against their will.

    Angela Van Etten: Dwarf Tossing and Exploitation Angela Van Etten 2011

  • She followed with a string of copy-cat investigations -- "Homeowner Beware," "Investor Beware" and "Debtor Beware" -- earning a name for herself around the nation's capital as the "Beware Girl."

    Michael Hudson: Digging Deep: A Treasury of Books About Journalism Michael Hudson 2010

  • Here in copy-cat Australia - the Business Council, also suggested cutting allowances for the disabled.

    'I don't think life is worth living anymore' 2011

  • She followed with a string of copy-cat investigations -- "Homeowner Beware," "Investor Beware" and "Debtor Beware" -- earning a name for herself around the nation's capital as the "Beware Girl."

    Michael Hudson: Digging Deep: A Treasury of Books About Journalism Michael Hudson 2010

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