Searching home for washing-up utensil (8,3)

I believe the answer is:

scouring pad

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'washing-up utensil' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'searching home' is the wordplay.
'searching' becomes 'scouring' (scouring is a kind of searching).
'home' becomes 'pad' (pad can mean someone's home).
'scouring'+'pad'='SCOURING PAD'

'for' is the link.

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I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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