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Chap getting a poor share of a posh house (5)

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I believe the answer is:

manor

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'a posh house' is the definition.
'manor' can be an answer for 'house' (manor is a kind of house). I'm unsure of the 'a posh' bit.

'chap getting a poor share' is the wordplay.
'chap' becomes 'man' (chap can mean a man).
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a poor share' becomes 'or' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'man'+'or'='MANOR'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for manor that I've seen before include "Mansion of a wealthy person" , "Operational base" , "lord's home" , "Police district (slang)" , "house on estate" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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