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General worker's protection (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overall

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This could be a double definition.

'general' is the first definition.
(similar in meaning)

'worker's protection' is the second definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

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(Other definitions for overall that I've seen before include "altogether" , "Including everything" , "Boilersuit" , "All round" , "Taking account of all the factors" .)

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