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Staff shortly seen in rainwear (3)

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I believe the answer is:

mac

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'staff shortly seen in rainwear' 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 can't see?

'staff shortly' is the wordplay.
'staff' becomes 'mace' (a mace is a ceremonial staff or stick).
'shortly' means to remove the last letter.
'mace' with its last letter removed is 'MAC'.

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(Other definitions for mac that I've seen before include "laptop?" , "Coat - computer" , "It may help you keep dry" , "A rainproof" , "PC" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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