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A girl, with love, given a fling by a cowboy (5)

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I believe the answer is:

lasso

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'a fling by a cowboy' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'a girl with love' is the wordplay.
'a girl' becomes 'lass' (lass is a kind of girl).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'lass'+'o'='LASSO'

'given' is the link.

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(Other definitions for lasso that I've seen before include "Cowboy's rope with sliding noose" , "Rope with 20" , "Cowcatcher" , "Rope for a cowboy" , "Cattle-catching rope" .)

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