Irksome work at home uncovered better material (10)

I believe the answer is:

toilinette

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'material' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'irksome work at home uncovered better' is the wordplay.
'irksome work' becomes 'toil' (toil is a kind of work. I am not sure about the 'irksome' bit.).
'at home' becomes 'in' ('I'm in' can mean 'I'm at home').
'uncovered' means to look at the middle letters.
The centre of 'better' is 'ette'.
'toil'+'in'+'ette'='TOILINETTE'

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I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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