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Twenties girl - a noisy drinker (7)

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I believe the answer is:

flapper

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'twenties girl' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
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'a noisy drinker' is the wordplay.
'a noisy' becomes 'f'.
'drinker' becomes 'lapper' (I've seen this before).
'f'+'lapper'='FLAPPER'

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(Other definitions for flapper that I've seen before include "She was a flighty young thing" , "Unconventional young woman in the 1920s" , "20s fashionable woman" , "girl in 20s" , "fashionable female in twenties" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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