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Note where people dance and what they might eat (8)

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I believe the answer is:

meatball

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'note' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'people dance and what they might eat' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'dance' could be 'ball' (ball is a kind of dance) and 'ball' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'meat' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'where' is the link.

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(Other definitions for meatball that I've seen before include "faggot" , "portion of food" , "Something to savour" , "Rissole of beef, pork etc" , "Part of dish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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