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One chucked out of French harbour, beer removed from case (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deportee

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'one chucked out' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'of french harbour beer removed from case' is the wordplay.
'of french' becomes 'de' ('of' in French).
'harbour' becomes 'port' (I've seen this before).
'removed from case' says to take the centre (outside letters which encase the word are removed).
The middle of 'beer' is 'ee'.
'de'+'port'+'ee'='DEPORTEE'

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(Other definitions for deportee that I've seen before include "One expelled from a country" , "Person sent back to land of origin" , "Peered to find person ejected from country" , "one for whom transportation is punishing" , "Expelled immigrant" .)

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