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Picked up second person's stock item (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ewe

'stock item' is the definition.
(stock can mean farm animals)

'picked up second person's' is the wordplay.
'picked up' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'second person' becomes 'you' (second person pronoun).
'you' sounds like 'EWE'.

(Other definitions for ewe that I've seen before include "Language" , "Lamb supplier" , "One needing pastoral care" , "Female animal" , "Farm animal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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