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Contract to marry little woman includes drivel (7)

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I believe the answer is:

betroth

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'contract' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'woman includes drivel' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'beth' (woman's name).
'includes' indicates putting letters inside.
'drivel' becomes 'rot' (rot is a kind of drivel).
'beth' placed around 'rot' is 'BETROTH'.

'to marry little' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for betroth that I've seen before include "Engage to be married" , "Promise to match" , "Plight" , "Promise to marry" , "contract" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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