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Business with British pen friend? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cob

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'pen friend?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'business with british' is the wordplay.
'business' becomes 'co' (short for company).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in BBC).
'co'+'b'='COB'

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(Other definitions for cob that I've seen before include "mixture of clay and straw" , "Round loaf of bread" , "Swan of Jacobean origin" , "Source of bread" , "Hazelnut" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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