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Dimension of certain chaps in the flesh (11)

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I believe the answer is:

measurement

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

'certain chaps in the flesh' is the wordplay.
'certain' becomes 'sure' (synonyms).
'chaps' becomes 'men' (chap can mean a man).
'in the' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'flesh' becomes 'meat' (flesh is meat).
'sure'+'men'='suremen'
'suremen' going into 'meat' is 'MEASUREMENT'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for measurement that I've seen before include "Mensuration" , "What a ruler may give" , "Size" , "Dimension" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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