Forced to dress as a girl (8)
I believe the answer is:
madeline
'a girl' is the definition.
'forced to dress' is the wordplay.
'forced' becomes 'made' (I've seen this before).
'to dress' becomes 'line' (I've seen this before).
'made'+'line'='MADELINE'
'as' acts as a link.
(Another definition for madeline that I've seen is " Woman".)
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