Insistent solicitors are cold with people displaying emotion (8)

I believe the answer is:

chuggers

'insistent solicitors' is the definition.
(people soliciting charity donations on the street)

'cold with people displaying emotion' is the wordplay.
'cold' becomes 'c' (eg on taps).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'people displaying emotion' becomes 'huggers'.
'c'+'huggers'='CHUGGERS'

'are' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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