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Clubs greatly dislike a uniform building (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chateau

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'building' is the definition.
(I know that chateau is a type of country house)

'clubs greatly dislike a uniform' is the wordplay.
'clubs greatly' becomes 'c' (abbreviation in card games. I am not sure about the 'greatly' bit.).
'dislike' becomes 'hate' (to hate is to dislike strongly).
'uniform' becomes 'U' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'c'+'hate'+'a'+'u'='CHATEAU'

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(Other definitions for chateau that I've seen before include "Stately home in France" , "French country home" , "French palace" , "Kind of fine wine from the Bordeaux region" , "French stately home" .)

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