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Miss the French ship (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lass

'miss' is the definition.
(I know that lass is a type of miss)

'the french ship' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'la' ('the' in French).
'ship' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'la'+'ss'='LASS'

(Other definitions for lass that I've seen before include "Girl (of Richmond Hill?)" , "Young woman (-. Eng.)" , "Scottish girl" , "Familiar form of address for female" , "Miss" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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