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Female bigged up clothes in a way such as T-shirt (8)

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I believe the answer is:

hyphened

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'a way such as t-shirt' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'female bigged up clothes' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'hen' (female chicken).
'bigged up' becomes 'hyped' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'clothes' indicates putting letters inside (some letters clothe or cover others).
'hen' inserted into 'hyped' is 'HYPHENED'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for hyphened that I've seen before include "With short dash (gram.)" , "like co-pilot or vice-captain" , "Double-barrelled?" , "dashingly connected" , "Linked by a dash" .)

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