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Fish dish taken to church in an old man's pouch (8)

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I believe the answer is:

codpiece

'an old man's pouch' is the definition.

'fish dish taken to church' is the wordplay.
'fish' becomes 'cod' (cod is a kind of fish**).
'dish' becomes 'pie' (I've seen this before).
'taken to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'cod'+'pie'+'ce'='CODPIECE'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for codpiece that I've seen before include "Medieval male accoutrement for the nether regions" , "for promotion of virility?" , "men put on centuries ago" , "What kept privates in place" , "Male dress item of former times" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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