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Origin of old drawing (10)

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I believe the answer is:

extraction

'origin' is the definition.
('extraction' can be a synonym of 'origin')

'old drawing' is the wordplay.
'old' becomes 'ex'.
'drawing' becomes 'traction' (I've seen this before**).
'ex'+'traction'='EXTRACTION'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for extraction that I've seen before include "Dental operation" , "drawing" , "one suffers with mouth open?" , "Descent" , "breeding" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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