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Lisbon's airline luggage? It's a little shady (6)

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I believe the answer is:

bonsai

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'lisbon's airline luggage? it's a little shady' is the definition.
I know that 'little' relates to this answer.

'lisbon's airline luggage? it's a little' is the wordplay.
'it's a little' indicates a hidden word (a little bit of the clue).
'BONSAI' can be found hidden inside 'lisbons airline luggage'.

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(Other definitions for bonsai that I've seen before include "Japanese method of cultivating miniature trees" , "Little plants" , "Dwarf tree found in Bosnia" , "Japanese art of growing dwarf plants" , "The art of growing ornamental dwarfed plants" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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