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Farmyard vessel of German design (6)

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I believe the answer is:

manger

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'farmyard vessel' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'german design' is the wordplay.
'design' indicates an anagram.
'german' anagrammed gives 'MANGER'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for manger that I've seen before include "feature of 21/23 [NATIVITY SCENE]" , "Trough for cattle feed" , "Feeding trough for cattle" , "Animal feeder" , "Stable bed for Jesus" .)

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