Small vessel used by a shy tar (3-4)
I believe the answer is:
ash-tray
'small vessel' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'used by a shy tar' is the wordplay.
'used' is an anagram indicator.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'a'+'shy'='ashy'
'ashy' after 'tar' is 'tarashy'.
'tarashy' anagrammed gives 'ASH-TRAY'.
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