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English, the old girl carrying good visual aid

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eyeglass

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'visual aid' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'english the old girl carrying good' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'the old' becomes 'ye'.
'girl' becomes 'lass' (lass is a kind of girl**).
'carrying' says to put letters next to each other.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'lass' after 'g' is 'glass'.
'e'+'ye'+'glass'='EYEGLASS'

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(Other definitions for eyeglass that I've seen before include "Monocle, or spectacles in plural" , "Lens for aiding defective vision" , "Aid to vision" .)

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