Poor wager round female tumblers, etc. (9)

I believe the answer is:

glassware

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'tumblers etc' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'poor wager round female' is the wordplay.
'poor' is an anagram indicator.
'round' is an insertion indicator.
'female' becomes 'lass' (lass is a kind of female).
'wager' anagrammed gives 'gware'.
'gware' going around 'lass' is 'GLASSWARE'.

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(Other definitions for glassware that I've seen before include "one can see through" , "Retorts, for example" , "it might be crystal" , "Vitreous items" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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