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Tiny acquaintance died in workers' respite (7)

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I believe the answer is:

weekend

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'workers' respite' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to time as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'tiny acquaintance died' is the wordplay.
'tiny' becomes 'wee' (I've seen this in another clue).
'acquaintance' becomes 'ken' (ken means knowledge someone is acquainted with).
'died' becomes 'd' (abbreviation next to the year of someone's death).
'wee'+'ken'+'d'='WEEKEND'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for weekend that I've seen before include "time off work?" , "Occasional" , "See 21" , "Sat. and Sun." , "couple of days" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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