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Where crumbs may be taken from book in story of a sentence? (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bird table

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'where crumbs may be taken from book in story' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'sentence?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'sentence?' could be 'bird' (slang term for a prison sentence) and 'bird' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'table' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'of a' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bird table that I've seen before include "provision for inflight catering?" , "Garden platform" , "Surface off which our feathered friends dine" , "garden item" , "Garden feeder" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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