Take apart a flimsy source of illumination (10)

I believe the answer is:

striplight

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'source of illumination' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'take apart a flimsy' is the wordplay.
'take apart' becomes 'strip' (stripping is a kind of taking. I am not sure about the 'apart' bit.).
'a flimsy' becomes 'light' (I've seen this before).
'strip'+'light'='STRIPLIGHT'

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