American soldier quietly retreating? Horrible chap! (3)
I believe the answer is:
pig
'horrible chap' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'american soldier quietly retreating?' is the wordplay.
'american soldier' becomes 'gi' (informal term for a US soldier).
'quietly' becomes 'p' (musical symbol).
'retreating?' says the letters should be written backwards.
'gi'+'p'='gip'
'gip' backwards is 'PIG'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pig that I've seen before include "Mass of metal simply cast" , "Glutton" , "Eg, sow" , "person who eats too much" , "Difficult task" .)