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Give little cake to first girl in Cork, for example? (4)

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I believe the answer is:

bung

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'cork for example?' is the definition.
'bung' can be an answer for 'cork' (I have seen 'Large cork' mean 'bung' so perhaps 'cork' could also mean 'bung'). I am not sure about the 'for example?' bit.

'give little cake to first girl' is the wordplay.
'give' says to put letters next to each other.
'little cake' becomes 'bun' (bun is a type of cake. I am not sure about the 'little' bit.).
'to first girl' becomes 'g' (bst letter of 'girl').
'bun'+'g' is 'BUNG'.

'in' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for bung that I've seen before include "could be a corker" , "Somehow stop" , "Throw; stopper" , "Plug for a hole in a small boat" , "Stopper for closing hole in barrel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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