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Little peg, nearly hollow (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

teeny

'little' is the definition.
('teeny' can be similar in meaning to 'little')

'peg nearly hollow' is the wordplay.
'peg' becomes 'tee' (tee is a kind of peg**).
'hollow' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'nearly' with its centre removed is 'ny'.
'tee'+'ny'='TEENY'

(Other definitions for teeny that I've seen before include "Minute" , "Very small (informal)" , "Informally very small" , "Microscopic" , "Wee" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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