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Retinue of sheep and I have a learning contract (11)

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traineeship

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'a learning contract' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'retinue of sheep and i' is the wordplay.
'retinue' becomes 'train' (both can mean people following an important person).
'of' is an anagram indicator (the answer comes from or 'of' the letters).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'sheep' after 'i' is 'isheep'.
'isheep' is an anagram of 'eeship'.
'train'+'eeship'='TRAINEESHIP'

'have' is the link.

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(Another definition for traineeship that I've seen is " learning on the job".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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