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Flapper to feel bad after losing face (5)

Ross

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egret

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'flapper' is the definition.
(egret is a kind of bird)

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(Other definitions for egret that I've seen before include "Wader with white plumage" , "young bird" , "flier" , "Stork-like bird" , "Type of forty eight Ac" .)

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