Girl expecting bread called for milk, perhaps? (7)

I believe the answer is:

miaowed

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(Other definitions for miaowed that I've seen before include "Made a catty comment?" , "Cried as Queen" , "as did the pussycat?" , "Sounded as cat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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