Many pieces of wood made to last? (5)

I believe the answer is:

clogs

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'many pieces of wood made to last?' is the definition.
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'many pieces of wood' is the wordplay.
'many' becomes 'c' (C is the Roman numeral for 100).
'pieces of wood' becomes 'logs'.
'c'+'logs'='CLOGS'

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(Other definitions for clogs that I've seen before include "11 across shoes" , "Wooden-soled shoes" , "Wooden shoes" , "Sabots" .)

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