Can
Can verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.
Squirrel
Squirrel noun - A kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail.
Both words in one sentence
- The trope is also inverted by having Donald chase after a squirrel... for absolutely no reason, since Donald can't catch it and the squirrel isn't ever shown doing anything to Donald.
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In season 2, not only can she fluently speak squirrel but she was also President of the Squirrel fan club.
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In The Iron Giant, Hogarth takes a squirrel in a box to his mom's diner to ask if he can keep it.
Source: I'm Taking Her Home with Me!
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