Bongo-playing 1950s stereotype (7)

I believe the answer is:

beatnik

(Other definitions for beatnik that I've seen before include "50s hippie" , "1950s dropout" , "Young nonconformist of the 1950s and 1960s" , "Social rebel of the 1950s" , "Young person of the 1950s, nonconformist in dress and behaviour" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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