Old maids in the capital of Texas given American sausages (8)

I believe the answer is:

tweenies

'old maids' is the definition.

'capital of texas given american sausages' is the wordplay.
'capital of texas' becomes 't' (T is the capital letter in Texas).
'given' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'american sausages' becomes 'weenies'.
't'+'weenies'='TWEENIES'

'in the' is the link.

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