Young lads remove skin from fishes (10)

I believe the answer is:

striplings

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'young lads' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'remove skin from fishes' is the wordplay.
'remove' becomes 'strip' (stripping is a kind of removing).
'skin from fishes' becomes 'lings' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'strip'+'lings'='STRIPLINGS'

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(Another definition for striplings that I've seen is " youngsters".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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