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Nice after dropping its second rustic (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peasant

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'rustic' is the definition.
(peasant is a kind of rustic)

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(Other definitions for peasant that I've seen before include "Lowly tiller of land" , "Poor farmworker" , "Yokel" , "Poor agricultural worker" , "Member of rural underclass" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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