Cryptic crossword clue
Setter ready to store ear-bone in haberdashery item 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word PINCUSHION

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What does PINCUSHION mean?

PINCUSHION noun
  1. A device, originally like a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely; some modern pincushions hold the objects magnetically.
  2. The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion.
  3. A person who is pricked or stabbed multiple times with sharp objects; specifically, someone who receives regular hypodermic needle injections.
PINCUSHION verb
  1. To jab or stick repeatedly with one or more sharp objects, as with pins into a pincushion.
  2. To assume the shape of a pincushion; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit pincushion distortion, where the sides curve inwards.

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