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Hearing part where water drains when spending penny (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lughole

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'water drains when spending penny' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'hearing part' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'part' could be 'hole' (hole is a kind of part) and 'hole' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'lug' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'where' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for lughole that I've seen before include "Organ with which to 15 (slang)" , "Ear (slang)" , "Ear (informal)" .)

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