Copy trap or repair it (6)

I believe the answer is:

parrot

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'copy' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'trap or repair it' is the wordplay.
'trap' becomes 'par' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'repair' indicates anagramming the letters.
'it' becomes 't' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis).
'or' with letters rearranged gives 'ro'.
'par'+'ro'+'t'='PARROT'

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(Other definitions for parrot that I've seen before include "Long John Silver's Captain Flint" , "Chant" , "The bird can mimic sounds" , "Recite" , "Repeat by rote" .)

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