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Drinker may use this bedding on a farm (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

straw

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'drinker may use this bedding on a farm' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how they can define each other.

This is all the clue.

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(Other definitions for straw that I've seen before include "Animal bedding" , "Means to absorb" , "Stalk - tube for drinking" , "Bedding material for horses etc" , "Stalk of dry grass" .)

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