Can and Purse

Can

Can noun - A metal container in the shape of a cylinder.

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Purse and can are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Purse" instead a noun "Can".

Purse noun - A container for carrying money and small personal items.

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Can and purse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Can" instead a noun "Purse".

Nearby Words: purser, pursed, pursy, pursing

old	old can	old purse
full	full can	full purse
special	special can	special purse
single	single can	single purse
Other adjectives: empty, small, actual, entire, large, big, huge, little, infamous, new, giant, modern, red, lighter.

Honey Lemon in Big Hero 6 has a purse which functions as a compound mixer, creating throwable chemical balls that can do whatever she needs them to do.

Source: Chemistry Can Do Anything
Pinball Projectile: Her ranged attack can be upgraded so she can charge up her throw, allowing her purse to hit multiple enemies.

Source: Characters / Disney Infinity: Disney Originals
Ivan Krylov has a fable about a purse you can also draw coins from... the catch being, you cannot spend a single one until you get rid of the purse.

Source: Deal With The Devil / Literature

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