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Country type removing hearts from game birds (7)

Ross

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peasant

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'country type' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
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(Other definitions for peasant that I've seen before include "rude fellow" , "Rustic fellow" , "Country labourer" , "Poor worker on the land" , "One from the country" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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