Brutish creature invented by Jonathan Swift (5)

I believe the answer is:

yahoo

(Other definitions for yahoo that I've seen before include "Swiftian brute" , "Rude, brutish type" , "One of Dean Swift's brute people" , "Swiftian ruffian" , "service provider" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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