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Complaint about displacing holy man from Northern Ireland (5)

Ross

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ulcer

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'complaint' is the definition.
(a medical complaint)

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(Other definitions for ulcer that I've seen before include "Cruel form of stomach trouble?" , "cause of suffering" , "Stomach or mouth sore" , "Cruel kind of bodily sore" , "Cruel sort of body sore" .)

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