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One’s shopping trousers? (4)

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bags

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'trousers?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being plural nouns.
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(Other definitions for bags that I've seen before include "a great deal" , "Trousers (inf.); receptacles for carrying" , "Flexible containers, of paper say" , "Lots of" , "Criticises" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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