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China article held by girl (6)

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I believe the answer is:

cathay

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'china article held by girl' is the definition.
I know that 'china' relates to this answer.

'china article held by' is the wordplay.
'china article' becomes 'chay' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'held' is an insertion indicator.
'by' becomes 'at'.
'chay' going around 'at' is 'CATHAY'.

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(Other definitions for cathay that I've seen before include "Old name for China with a feline to start" , "Old word for China" , "China - antique" , "Ancient China" , "poetic land" .)

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