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Throw a strop about filling of roti dish (3,5)

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I believe the answer is:

pot roast

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'dish' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'throw a strop about filling of roti' is the wordplay.
'throw' is an anagram indicator.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'filling of' indicates the central letters (the letters which fill the inside of the word).
The centre of 'roti' is 'ot'.
'a'+'strop'='astrop'
'astrop' with letters rearranged gives 'proast'.
'proast' going around 'ot' is 'POT-ROAST'.

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(Other definitions for pot roast that I've seen before include "Dish of braised meat" , "Meat cooked in a container" , "joint preparation" , "Slowly cooked meat" .)

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