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Brother may have this nurse to fancy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tonsure

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'brother may have' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to bodily activities as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'nurse to fancy' is the wordplay.
'fancy' indicates anagramming the letters.
'nurse'+'to'='nurseto'
'nurseto' with letters rearranged gives 'TONSURE'.

'this' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tonsure that I've seen before include "Shaven part of monk's head" , "Shaven area on monk's head" , "Close-shaved hairstyle" , "Monastic haircut" , "Haircut for a monk" .)

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