Can and Pen

Can

Can noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.

Usage example: the protesters were rounded up and thrown in the can

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Pen and can are semantically related in free topic. In some cases you can use "Pen" instead the word "Can" as a noun or a verb.

Pen noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.

Usage example: earned six years in a federal pen

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Can and pen are semantically related in free topic. Sometimes you can use "Can" instead the word "Pen" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Word: penholder

old	old can	old pen
full	full can	full pen
nice	nice can	nice pen
special	special can	special pen
Other adjectives: normal, ordinary, regular, original, single, small, actual, real, large, big, evil, blue, lost, old-fashioned, new, giant, red.

It will cause three hearts of damage when it hits you, which is more than any enemy in the game can do, you can't block it, and it will keep ramming you until you jump out of the pen.

Source: Killer Rabbit / Video Games
In "Close Rick-Counters", a notebook, a pen, and a mug with a question mark on it can be seen falling out of one of the portals Rick opened.

Source: Western Animation / Rick and Morty
The protagonist of The Lost Empire (also known as The Monkey King) acquires a magical pen that can expand into a sword.

Source: The Pen Is Mightier

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