CCCWC July competition voters’ comments on Clue no. 4

A clue to MERCHANT.
3 comments refer to this clue (from 3 competitors, 0 others)

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Comments on the clue

1.	'of' as connecting word is used incorrectly here from grammatical point of view
2.	shame but you left 'of one stocking' for the definition which does not work. 'In one stocking' would hve been ok with 'in' as an ok linkword
3.	Not a very plausible story