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ersatz They’d meet in the library, or in the prison yard, or over tater tots in the chow hall, and Cox would ask probing questions, taking notes in his own ersatz version of a reporter’s notebook: a sheaf of loose-leaf paper stapled to a rectangle of cardboard.

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adj. An inferior substitute for a genuine article; fake. The Atlantic

Word	ersatz
Definition	adj. An inferior substitute for a genuine article; fake.
Sentence	They’d meet in the library, or in the prison yard, or over tater tots in the chow hall, and Cox would ask probing questions, taking notes in his own ersatz version of a reporter’s notebook: a sheaf of loose-leaf paper stapled to a rectangle of cardboard.
Source	The Atlantic

Ersatz Adj Inferior Substitute Genuine Article Fake They’d