Ordinary chap’s reduced list, including fuse to be put back (6,3)

I believe the answer is:

little man

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'list including fuse to be put back' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'ordinary chap's reduced' is the wordplay.
'ordinary' becomes 'little' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'chap's' becomes 'man's' (chap can mean a man).
'reduced' means to remove the last letter.
'mans' with its final letter taken off is 'man'.
'little'+'man'='LITTLE MAN'

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