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Cause pain in a cow's tail joint (4)

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I believe the answer is:

whip

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'cause pain' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'cow's tail joint' is the wordplay.
'tail' says to take the final letters.
'joint' becomes 'hip' (part of body).
The final letter of 'cow' is 'w'.
'w'+'hip'='WHIP'

'in a' is the link.

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(Other definitions for whip that I've seen before include "Party official; punish" , "Fluffy dessert" , "Instrument of discipline" , "Beat (cream)" , "Flog - pinch" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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