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Wind up? Peg out little one (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

kiddie

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'little one' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'wind up? peg out' is the wordplay.
'wind up?' becomes 'kid' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'peg out' becomes 'die'.
'kid'+'die'='KIDDIE'

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(Other definitions for kiddie that I've seen before include "youngster" , "Young child (informal)" .)

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