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Standard weapon, in a manner of speaking (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parlance

'in a manner of speaking' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'standard weapon' is the wordplay.
'standard' becomes 'par' (standard of play in golf).
'weapon' becomes 'lance' (lance is a kind of weapon).
'par'+'lance'='PARLANCE'

(Other definitions for parlance that I've seen before include "Manner of speaking peculiar to a specific group" , "Way of speaking" , "Way of using words" , "Conversation" , "Idiom" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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