Stab to remove articles from battered sausage (5)

I believe the answer is:

guess

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'stab' is the definition.
(I have seen 'A stab' mean 'guess' so perhaps 'stab' could also mean 'guess')

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(Other definitions for guess that I've seen before include "Divine - estimate" , "Theory" , "Hypothesis" , "Estimate, supposition" , "Estimate; suppose" .)

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