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Pick up good meat suitable for Jack Sprat (5)

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I believe the answer is:

glean

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'pick up' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'good meat suitable for jack sprat' is the wordplay.
'good meat' becomes 'g' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'suitable for jack sprat' becomes 'lean' (I've seen this in another clue).
'g'+'lean'='GLEAN'

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(Other definitions for glean that I've seen before include "Gather (grain) after a harvest" , "Garner" , "Angle for harvest" , "Gather (grains of information?)" , "Reap as harvest" .)

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