Copper pot almost clean? I'm corrected (9)
I believe the answer is:
policeman
'copper' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'pot almost clean? i'm corrected' is the wordplay.
'almost' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'corrected' is an anagram indicator.
'pot' with its final letter taken off is 'po'.
'clean'+'im'='cleanim'
'cleanim' is an anagram of 'liceman'.
'po'+'liceman'='POLICEMAN'
(Other definitions for policeman that I've seen before include "Bobby" , "He's responsible for the maintenance of public order" , "Member of the Garda, say" , "Open claim (anag.)" , "Constable" .)