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Carry child on back of bike (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tote

'carry' is the definition.
(I know that tote is a kind of carry)

'child on back of bike' is the wordplay.
'child' becomes 'tot' (term for a young child).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'back of' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'bike' is 'e'.
'tot'+'e'='TOTE'

(Other definitions for tote that I've seen before include "move" , "Carry to the betting machine" , "holdall" , "system for betters" , "record of stakeholders' investments" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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