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One who's likely to ridicule small chest (7)

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I believe the answer is:

scoffer

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'one who's likely to ridicule' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'small chest' is the wordplay.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'chest' becomes 'coffer' (coffer is a kind of chest).
's'+'coffer'='SCOFFER'

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(Other definitions for scoffer that I've seen before include "One who pokes fun" , "pig" , "he eats very quickly" , "diner" , "Hungry type" .)

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