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Lie, in Black vernacular (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cap

(Other definitions for cap that I've seen before include "International sportsman" , "Headgear item" , "Better; hat" , "Soft headgear" , "Surpass by following with something better" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.
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