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Footwear found in the petrol station (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pumps

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This clue might be a double definition.

'footwear' is the first definition.
(pumps is a kind of footwear)

'petrol station' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

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(Other definitions for pumps that I've seen before include "footwear" , "Dancing shoes - may be manned!" , "Moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction" , "Questions persistently; light shoes" , "Mechanical devices that move fluid or gas" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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