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Footwear a drunkard got out for a sailor (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sabot

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'footwear' is the definition.
(sabot is a kind of footwear)

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(Other definitions for sabot that I've seen before include "what's afoot?" , "Carved shoe -- boats (anag)" , "French clog" , "Wooden-soled 13 down" , "footwear from Paris" .)

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