Chippendale for prime minister! (7-5)

I believe the answer is:

cabinet-maker

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'chippendale' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'prime minister' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'minister' could be 'cabinet' (cabinet minister is a kind of minister) and 'cabinet' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'maker' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'for' is the link.

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(Another definition for cabinet-maker that I've seen is " Skilled joiner making furniture".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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