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Shilling, milliner, shows dash (7)

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I believe the answer is:

shatter

'dash' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'shilling milliner' is the wordplay.
'shilling' becomes 's'.
'milliner' becomes 'hatter' ('hatter' can be a synonym of 'milliner').
's'+'hatter'='SHATTER'

'shows' is the link.

(Other definitions for shatter that I've seen before include "Go to pieces" , "greatly upset" , "Break the minister into little pieces" , "thoroughly upset" , "Threats (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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