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Striking clothes in back of bag (10)

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I believe the answer is:

clobbering

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'striking' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being present participle verbs.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'clothes in back of bag' is the wordplay.
'clothes' becomes 'clobber' (clobber can mean one's clothing).
'in back of bag' becomes 'ing' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'clobber'+'ing'='CLOBBERING'

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