Styles daughter to wear shabby mink coat with diamonds before anyone (3,4,3,5)
I believe the answer is:
tom dick and harry
'anyone' is the definition.
(phrase meaning any person)
'styles daughter to wear shabby mink coat with diamonds' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'daughter' could be 'd' (genealogical abbreviation) and 'd' is present in the answer.
'to' is found in the answer.
'with' could be 'and' and 'and' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'before' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tom dick and harry that I've seen before include "Ordinary people" , "Being basic geezer" , "Anyone" .)