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Article seized by master from kid, perhaps (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leathern

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'from kid perhaps' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'article seized by master' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'the' (the definite article in English).
'seized by' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'master' becomes 'learn' (I've seen this before).
'the' placed inside 'learn' is 'LEATHERN'.

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(Another definition for leathern that I've seen is " hide".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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