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A retiring habit (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nightdress

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'a retiring habit' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'retiring habit' is the wordplay.
'retiring' becomes 'night' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'habit' becomes 'dress' (I've seen this in another clue).
'night'+'dress'='NIGHTDRESS'

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(Other definitions for nightdress that I've seen before include "item of bedwear" , "Sleeping attire" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News and The Globe and Mail.
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