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Made fun of Australian boor, with cut, needing care of doctor (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mocked

'made fun of' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'australian boor with cut needing care of doctor' is the wordplay.
'australian boor' becomes 'ocker' (Australian term for a boor or oaf).
'with cut' means to remove the last letter (the word is cut short).
'needing care of' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are taken care of).
'doctor' becomes 'md' (synonyms).
'ocker' with its final letter removed is 'ocke'.
'ocke' going into 'md' is 'MOCKED'.

(Other definitions for mocked that I've seen before include "Ridiculed" , "Imitated with derision" , "Scorned" , "Taunted, derided" , "made fun of" .)

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