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Stylish toy boy paid peanuts (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chickenfeed

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'stylish toy boy paid peanuts' is the definition.
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'stylish toy boy paid' is the wordplay.
'stylish toy boy' becomes 'chicken' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'paid' becomes 'feed' (I've seen this before).
'chicken'+'feed'='CHICKENFEED'

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(Other definitions for chickenfeed that I've seen before include "Small potatoes" , "Not much money - for the birds" , "very little money" , "mash, perhaps?" , "Very small amount of money" .)

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