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Chic European wanting second husband (5)

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I believe the answer is:

swish

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'chic' is the definition.
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'european wanting second husband' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'swi' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'wanting' says to put letters next to each other.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'husband' becomes 'h' (abbreviation).
'swi'+'s'+'h'='SWISH'

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(Other definitions for swish that I've seen before include "Smart, fashionable" , "Sound of cane" , "Impressively fashionable" , "Smart; stylish" , "Extravagant" .)

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