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Alsatian who is kept by day in pound (4)

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I believe the answer is:

quid

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This could be a double definition.

'alsatian who is kept by day' is the first definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'pound' is the second definition.
('quid' can be a synonym of 'pound')

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for quid that I've seen before include "bit of bread" , "Wad of chewing tobacco" , "Pound sterling (slang)" , "- - pro quo" , "One fifth of a fiver" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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