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Waste container and lifting mechanism getting a nut turned round? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

skipjack

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'nut turned round?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how one could define the other.

'waste container and lifting mechanism getting a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'container' could be 'skip' (I have seen 'large container' mean 'skip' so perhaps 'container' could also mean 'skip') and 'skip' is present in the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for skipjack that I've seen before include "Food fish" , "Type of tuna" , "sailing boat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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