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Underweight babies in the army? (5,8)

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I believe the answer is:

light infantry

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'the army?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'underweight babies' is the wordplay.
'underweight' becomes 'light'.
'babies' becomes 'infantry' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'light'+'infantry'='LIGHT INFANTRY'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for light infantry that I've seen before include "Former British Army regiment" , "Highly manoeuvrable soldiers" , "Mobile foot soldiers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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