The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SLAV
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More clues leading to the result SLAV
- European's son John
- Pole — ladies’ man?
- Waltz back briefly to see East European
- Split personality typically revealed in gents’ lavatory
- Southern gents possibly doing for East European
- East European son has somewhere to go
- European worker treated badly meeting premature end
- Almost break one’s back working for Eastern European
- East European not quite in bondage
- Half the arrivals back in the race
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