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Line in picture, in a manner of speaking (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drawling

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'a manner of speaking' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'line in picture in' is the wordplay.
'line in' becomes 'l' (used when specifying particular lines from a poem. I am not sure about the 'in' bit.).
'picture' becomes 'drawing' (I've seen this before).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'l' placed inside 'drawing' is 'DRAWLING'.

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(Other definitions for drawling that I've seen before include "Prolonging vowel sounds in speech" , "manner of speaking" .)

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