Battered sheep with poker? Small businessman? (10)
I believe the answer is:
shopkeeper
'small businessman?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'battered sheep with poker?' is the wordplay.
'battered' indicates an anagram.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'sheep' after 'poker' is 'pokersheep'.
'pokersheep' is an anagram of 'SHOPKEEPER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shopkeeper that I've seen before include "Counter-agent" , "Tradesperson" , "perhaps Napoleon's man in England?" , "E.g. newsagent" .)