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Religious type in boozer knocked back large short (5)

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I believe the answer is:

rabbi

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'religious type' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'boozer knocked back large short' is the wordplay.
'boozer' becomes 'bar'.
'knocked back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'large short' becomes 'bi' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'bar' written backwards gives 'rab'.
'rab'+'bi'='RABBI'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for rabbi that I've seen before include "Religious scholar" , "legal scholar" , "A Jewish priest" , "Hebrew scholar" , "Teacher of Jewish law" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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