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Old toilet-trained literary parvenu (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

doolittle

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'literary parvenu' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'old toilet-trained' is the wordplay.
'trained' is an anagram indicator (to train can mean to grow something into a shape).
'old'+'toilet'='oldtoilet'
'oldtoilet' with letters rearranged gives 'DOOLITTLE'.

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(Other definitions for doolittle that I've seen before include "dustman" , "Girl made grand" , "Cockney Eliza" , "Eliza ---, Higgins's pupil (G. B. Shaw)" , "flower seller" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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