Girl playing with soil (4)

I believe the answer is:

lois

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'girl' is the definition.

'playing with soil' is the wordplay.
'soil' can be anagrammed to 'LOIS'.
Though, I'm not clear how this is indicated.

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(Other definitions for lois that I've seen before include "Woman" , "- Lane, girlfriend of Superman" , "- Lane, Daily Planet reporter" , "Superman's girlfriend" , "-- Lane, 'Superman' character" .)

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