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Furniture stays put (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sticks

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'stays put' is the definition.
('stick' can be a synonym of 'stay put')

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(Other definitions for sticks that I've seen before include "potentially breaking our bones?" , "Twigs or thin branches of a tree" , "Glues" , "bits of wood" , "Is bogged down" .)

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