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East of Cork, perhaps, a mean house (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bungalow

'house' is the definition.
(bungalow is a kind of house)

'east of cork perhaps a mean' is the wordplay.
'east of' says to put letters next to each other (to the right of).
'cork perhaps' becomes 'bung'.
'mean' becomes 'low' (I've seen this before).
'bung'+'a' is 'bunga'.
'bunga'+'low'='BUNGALOW'

(Other definitions for bungalow that I've seen before include "One-storey building" , "Type of house" , "One-floor house" , "A blowgun (anag.)" , "Low building" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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