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For a springer, it means "heel"! (7)

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bounder

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'heel' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for bounder that I've seen before include "Dishonourable man (dated colloq.)" , "A cad - or a kind of jumper" , "Untrustworthy type (once)" , "despicable man" , "The skipper" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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