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Fights with lawyer using monologues laced with street slang (6)

Ross

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scraps

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(Other definitions for scraps that I've seen before include "Small pieces left over" , "43 [WASTE]" , "thrown away?" , "Remnants" , "Small fragments" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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