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Porters command with fibs (9)

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I believe the answer is:

orderlies

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'porters' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'command with fibs' is the wordplay.
'command' becomes 'order' (order is a kind of command).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'fibs' becomes 'lies' (informal term for lies).
'order'+'lies'='ORDERLIES'

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(Other definitions for orderlies that I've seen before include "Servants" , "Soldiers attending superior officers" , "Hospital attendants or soldiers working for officers" , "Solderer I join as soldiers who do errands for officers" , "Military or hospital attendants" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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