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Charlie Dimmock's bottom pinched by Tory peer (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coke

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'bottom pinched by tory peer' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'charlie dimmock's' is the wordplay.
'charlie' becomes 'C' (phonetic alphabet).
'dimmock' becomes 'oke' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'c'+'oke'='COKE'

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(Other definitions for coke that I've seen before include "Residue from coal used as fuel" , "Furnace fuel" , "Drink - drug - solid-fuel product" , "Substance left after gas and tar have been extracted from coal" , "something for heating" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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