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Curse foil-wrapped clothing? (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

swear word

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'curse' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'foil-wrapped clothing?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'clothing?' could be 'wear' ('wear' can be a synonym of 'clothing') and 'wear' is present in the answer.
'foil' could be 'sword' (I've seen this before) and 'sword' is found within the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for swear word that I've seen before include "oath" , "Curse" , "could be bloody?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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