Flipping cheek, forbidding traveller to Mecca? (7)

I believe the answer is:

pilgrim

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'traveller to mecca?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'flipping cheek forbidding' is the wordplay.
'flipping' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'cheek' becomes 'lip' (both can mean insolence or rudeness).
'forbidding' becomes 'grim' (I've seen this before).
'lip' backwards is 'pil'.
'pil'+'grim'='PILGRIM'

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(Other definitions for pilgrim that I've seen before include "traveller wanting to visit shrine" , "... emigrants to Massachusetts" , "One travelling to a sacred place" , "One journeying to holy place" , "Traveller to a sacred place like Mecca" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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