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Choice items, including egret's head feathers (6)

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I believe the answer is:

plumes

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'feathers' is the definition.
('plume' can be a synonym of 'feather')

'choice items including egret's head' is the wordplay.
'choice' becomes 'plum' (both can mean excellent).
'items' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'including' is an insertion indicator.
'head' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'egrets' is 'e'.
'plum'+'s'='plums'
'plums' enclosing 'e' is 'PLUMES'.

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(Other definitions for plumes that I've seen before include "Clusters of feathers for display" , "Fancy feathers" , "Curling columns of smoke" , "Clusters of feathers worn as ornaments" .)

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