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Cheap women are getting utensils (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tinware

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'cheap women are getting utensils' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'women are getting utensils' is the wordplay.
'women' becomes 'w' (standard abbreviation).
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'utensils' becomes 'tin' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'w'+'are'='ware'
'ware' after 'tin' is 'TINWARE'.

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(Other definitions for tinware that I've seen before include "Articles made of metal plate - wet rain (anag)" , "Cheap material" , "Baking sheets" , "Metal objects" , "Metal products" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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