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Muscle shown by East End bully punching friend (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pectoral

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'muscle' is the definition.
(pectoral muscle is a kind of muscle)

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(Other definitions for pectoral that I've seen before include "Relating to the breast or chest" , "Alert cop about chest" , "(Large muscle) of the chest" , "Of the chest, say muscles" , "Of the chest or breast, like muscles" .)

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