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Gripe about bumpkin’s short hairstyle (7)

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I believe the answer is:

mohican

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'hairstyle' is the definition.
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'gripe about bumpkin's short' is the wordplay.
'gripe' becomes 'moan' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'bumpkin' becomes 'hick' (synonyms).
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'hick' with its final letter removed is 'hic'.
'moan' placed around 'hic' is 'MOHICAN'.

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(Other definitions for mohican that I've seen before include "Punk style" , "elevated style" , "striking style" , "Hair style" , "The last one was celebrated in novel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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