Drink avoided by most ventriloquists (6,2,4)

I believe the answer is:

bottle of beer

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'drink' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'avoided by most ventriloquists' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'by' could be 'of' and 'of' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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I've seen this clue in The Irish News and The Globe and Mail.

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