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Somewhere to hang hospital gown? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

wardrobe

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'somewhere to hang' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'hospital gown?' is the wordplay.
'hospital' becomes 'ward' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'gown?' becomes 'robe' ('robe' can be a synonym of 'gown').
'ward'+'robe'='WARDROBE'

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(Other definitions for wardrobe that I've seen before include "Clothes cupboard associated with ..." , "Storage unit" , "Cupboard for hanging clothes" , "Complete set of clothes, or their container" , "A theatre company's stock of costumes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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