A trapper, we hear, getting girl's name (7)

I believe the answer is:

annette

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'girl's name' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a trapper we hear' is the wordplay.
'a' becomes 'an'.
'trapper' becomes 'net' (something which traps).
'we hear' becomes 'te' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'an'+'net'+'te'='ANNETTE'

'getting' is the link.

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(Other definitions for annette that I've seen before include "Name; teen tan (anag.)" , "Girl's name" , "Female" , "- - Crosbie (TV)" , "girl" .)

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