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Daughter at store held up jeans (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

denim

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'daughter at store held up jeans' is the definition.
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'daughter at store held up' is the wordplay.
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'store' becomes 'mine' (mine can mean a supply or store of something).
'held up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'mine' backwards is 'enim'.
'd'+'enim'='DENIM'

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(Other definitions for denim that I've seen before include "Hard-wearing blue fabric" , "Fabric used for jeans" , "Durable material" , "Cotton twill fabric" , "maker of jeans" .)

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