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Boast about clothes (4)

Ross

I think it could be either:

garb

brag

'boast' is the definition.
(I know that boast can be written as brag)

'about clothes' is the wordplay.
'about' says the letters should be written backwards.
'clothes' becomes 'garb' (garb is a kind of clothes).
'garb' backwards is 'BRAG'.

(Other definitions for brag that I've seen before include "boast; form of poker" , "Shoot a line" , "Card game - boast" , "Card game, like poker" , "Boast about garb" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent, The Telegraph, the Sydney Morning Herald and The Independent.
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