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Strange erect gait that could harm your health (9)

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I believe the answer is:

cigarette

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'could harm your health' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'strange erect gait' is the wordplay.
'strange' is an anagram indicator.
'erect'+'gait'='erectgait'
'erectgait' with letters rearranged gives 'CIGARETTE'.

'that' is the link.

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(Other definitions for cigarette that I've seen before include "Fag, coffin nail" , "Tobacco wrapped in paper" , "Cylinder of tobacco" , "tobacco in consumable form" , "harmful in nature" .)

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