Stick clutched by extremely cheeky tots in riding gear (7,6)

I believe the answer is:

cycling shorts

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'stick clutched by extremely cheeky tots' is the definition.
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'riding gear' is the wordplay.
'riding' becomes 'cycling' (cycling is a kind of riding).
'gear' becomes 'shorts' (I have seen 'bottom gear' mean 'shorts' so perhaps 'gear' could also mean 'shorts').
'cycling'+'shorts'='CYCLING SHORTS'

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