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Britain's first bounder had this accent! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brogue

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'this accent' is the definition.
(brogue can mean a Scottish or Irish accent)

'britain's first bounder' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'first bounder' could be 'b' (1st letter of 'bounder') and 'b' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'rogue' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'had' is the link.

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(Other definitions for brogue that I've seen before include "Strong outdoor shoe" , "What might identify an Irishman" , "Stout shoe - Irish accent" , "Kind of shoe" , "Patterned shoe, accent" .)

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