Put the dog-end out, dear girl (5)

I believe the answer is:

gerda

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'put the dog-end' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'out dear girl' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters.
'girl' becomes 'g'.
'dear'+'g'='dearg'
'dearg' anagrammed gives 'GERDA'.

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(Another definition for gerda that I've seen is " Girl".)

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