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Flower picked up by place where the little people live (8)

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I believe the answer is:

lilliput

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'where the little people live' is the definition.
The answer is a location as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'flower picked up by place' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'place' could be 'put' (synonyms) and 'put' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for lilliput that I've seen before include "Jonathan Swift's land of little people" , "Swift's land of tiny people" , "Land visited by Gulliver" , "Country visited by Gulliver on his travels" , "Dean Swift's land of little people compared to Gulliver" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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