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Touchy carpenter (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chippy

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This might be a double definition.

'touchy' is the first definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'carpenter' is the second definition.
(chippy can mean a carpenter)

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for chippy that I've seen before include "Touchy; food shop" , "Shop selling fried potatoes - carpenter" , "Fish shop; touchy" , "Takeaway (sl.)" , "Irritable; carpenter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and the Sydney Morning Herald.
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