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Left out, one's hard and yobbish (7)

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I believe the answer is:

loutish

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'yobbish' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'left out one's hard' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'one's' becomes 'i's' (Roman numeral).
'hard' becomes 'h' (abbreviation used in pencil classifications).
'l'+'out'+'is'+'h'='LOUTISH'

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(Other definitions for loutish that I've seen before include "uncouth and aggressive" , "like a hooligan" , "Ill-mannered and coarse, behaviour say" , "Boorish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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