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Garment houses primarily under pressure (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

duress

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'pressure' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for duress that I've seen before include "Constraint, force" , "Force, coercion" , "Coercion, compulsion" , "Excessive pressure" , "Coercion, pressure" .)

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