A girl realigned? Not exactly (9)

I believe the answer is:

geraldine

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'a girl' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'realigned? not exactly' is the wordplay.
'not exactly' indicates an anagram.
'realigned' with letters rearranged gives 'GERALDINE'.

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(Another definition for geraldine that I've seen is " Realigned with girl's name".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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