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Fat misshapen toe’s torn gym clothing (7)

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I believe the answer is:

leotard

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'fat' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'misshapen toe's torn gym clothing' is the wordplay.
'misshapen' indicates anagramming the letters.
'torn gym' becomes 'lard' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'clothing' indicates putting letters inside (some letters cover up or clothe others).
'toe' is an anagram of 'eot'.
'eot' going inside 'lard' is 'LEOTARD'.

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(Other definitions for leotard that I've seen before include "Acrobat costume" , "Gymnastic garment" , "Do alter for acrobat's garment" , "Dance garment" , "One-piece exercise garment" .)

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