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Australian bird dog walked off with in piece of cloth (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

currawong

'australian bird' is the definition.
(bird native to Australia)

'dog walked off with in piece of cloth' is the wordplay.
'dog' becomes 'cur' (both can mean a despicable person).
'walked off with' becomes 'won' (to walk off with something is to win it).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'piece of cloth' becomes 'rag' (rag is a kind of piece of cloth).
'won' placed into 'rag' is 'rawong'.
'cur'+'rawong'='CURRAWONG'

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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