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Fleecing that girl over a piece of jewellery (8)

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shearing

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'fleecing' is the definition.
('shear' can be a synonym of 'fleece')

'girl over a piece of jewellery' is the wordplay.
'girl over' becomes 'shea' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a piece of jewellery' becomes 'ring' (I've seen this before).
'shea'+'ring'='SHEARING'

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(Other definitions for shearing that I've seen before include "Breaking off due to strain" , "George - - (jazz pianist)" , "George, the blind pianist" , "Removing sheep's wool" , "Removing wool from sheep" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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