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Currency as it happens almost pinched by swine (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bolivar

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'currency' is the definition.
(currency of Venezuela)

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(Other definitions for bolivar that I've seen before include "Revolutionary leader" , "Foreign brass" , "Basic unit of money in Venezuela" , "Simon --, South American liberator" , "Leader of several independence movements by Spain's South American colonies, d. 1830" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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