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Personal carriage? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

attitude

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This could be a double definition.

'personal' is the first definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.

'carriage?' is the second definition.
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(Other definitions for attitude that I've seen before include "Way of thinking or behaving,stance" , "Settled way of thinking" , "Way of thinking or position of body" , "Physical or mental orientation" , "Way of thinking or behaving" .)

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