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Native -- one getting drink in a hole in the ground? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

aborigine

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'native' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'one getting drink in a hole in the ground?' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'getting drink' becomes 'gin' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'hole in the ground?' becomes 'bore' (bore is a kind of hole in the ground).
'i'+'gin'='igin'
'a'+'bore'='abore'
'igin' inserted inside 'abore' is 'ABORIGINE'.

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(Other definitions for aborigine that I've seen before include "Early Australian" , "I was in Oz first"" , "Oldest inhabitant" , "Native Australian" , "Original inhabitant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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