Woman joins British sailor, quivering (9)

I believe the answer is:

vibrating

'quivering' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'woman joins british sailor' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'Vi' (short for Violet).
'joins' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in BBC).
'sailor' becomes 'rating' (British term for a naval enlisted man).
'vi'+'b'+'rating'='VIBRATING'

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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