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Stumbled over a slang word for man (5)

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I believe the answer is:

fella

'slang word for man' is the definition.
(non-standard spelling of 'fellow')

'stumbled over a' is the wordplay.
'stumbled' becomes 'fell' (to stumble is to fall over).
'over' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, some letters go over others).
'fell'+'a'='FELLA'

(Other definitions for fella that I've seen before include "Guy" , "Bloke" , "Chap" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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