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Person putting clothes on cabinet (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dresser

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'cabinet' is the definition.
(I know that dresser is a type of cabinet)

'person putting clothes on' is the wordplay.
'person putting' becomes 'er' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'clothes' becomes 'dress' (dress is a kind of clothes).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'er' put after 'dress' is 'DRESSER'.

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(Other definitions for dresser that I've seen before include "Lady's maid" , "Theatre worker back-stage" , "One chiding" , "helps actor get ready" , "Chest of drawers" .)

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