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Cheap rasp thrown into the rubbish (9)

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I believe the answer is:

scrapheap

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'the rubbish' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.

'cheap rasp thrown' is the wordplay.
'thrown' is an anagram indicator.
'cheap'+'rasp'='cheaprasp'
'cheaprasp' anagrammed gives 'SCRAPHEAP'.

'into' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for scrapheap that I've seen before include "Junk" , "Waste pile" , "Pile of discarded metal" , "Cap phrase about mound of waste material" , "Pile of discards" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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