One of a pair at the table: cut of meat’s second (9)
I believe the answer is:
chopstick
'one of a pair at the table cut' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'meat's second' is the wordplay.
'meat's' becomes 'chop's' (chop is a kind of meat).
'second' becomes 'tick' (both can mean a very short amount of time).
'chops'+'tick'='CHOPSTICK'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chopstick that I've seen before include "Eastern eating utensil" , "Oriental eating utensil" , "In the plural, they're oriental cutlery" , "member of consumer association" .)