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Fashion filthy place for humble character (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

modesty

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'fashion filthy place' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'humble character' is the wordplay.
'humble' becomes 'modest' (synonyms).
'character' becomes 'y' ().
'modest'+'y'='MODESTY'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for modesty that I've seen before include "Unassuming character" , "Self-deprecating quality" , "Humility; decency" , "Unassumingness" , "Quality of being unpretentious" .)

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