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Foolish to make Pinky or Perky “discontented” (4)

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I believe the answer is:

dopy

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'foolish' is the definition.
(I know that foolish can be written as dopy)

'make pinky or perky discontented' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'make' could be 'do' (do can mean to make or prepare) and 'do' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for dopy that I've seen before include "Muddled" , "Stupefied" , "Stupid" , "potty" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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