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Emphatically dead piece of hardware? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

doornail

(Other definitions for doornail that I've seen before include "popularly believed dead" , "Stud" , "Dead as a ...-very dead indeed" , "Dead as a ........ is dead without a doubt" , "proverbially dead" .)

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