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Like youth with mouth, it must be seen and not heard (3,5)

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I believe the answer is:

eye rhyme

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'like youth' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for eye rhyme that I've seen before include "Similarity in spelling but not sound as in love and move" , "Maid said, for example" , "shy?" , "scan piece of poetry" , "For example know how" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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