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A girl to put your shirt on? (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bet

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'a girl' is the definition.

'your shirt on?' is the wordplay.
'your' becomes 'be' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'shirt' becomes 't' (as in a T-shirt).
'on?' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'be'+'t'='BET'

'to put' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for bet that I've seen before include "Wager, gamble" , "Wager, or the sum waged" , "Wager, back" , "Speculation" , "Money risked on a gamble" .)

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