Clothing in refuse container mostly rubbish (3,5)

I believe the answer is:

ski pants

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'clothing in refuse container mostly rubbish' is the definition.
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'refuse container mostly rubbish' is the wordplay.
'refuse container' becomes 'skip' (I've seen this before).
'mostly' means to remove the last letter.
'rubbish' becomes 'pants' (informal term meaning poor-quality).
'skip' with its last letter taken off is 'ski'.
'ski'+'pants'='SKI PANTS'

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(Other definitions for ski pants that I've seen before include "Winter sports wear" , "Trousers" , "Garments" , "Gear employed descending mountain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.

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