Can
Can verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.
Wash
Wash verb - To flow along or against.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Played with on Dawson's Creek when Joey tells Dawson that if he can't find a date for a double date, he should call Jen and tell her he can't go out because he needs to "wash his hair"
Source: I Have to Wash My Hair -
In The Friendship of a Vila and of the Months, the Wicked Stepmother sends her daughter to wash white wool and her stepdaughter to wash black wool, and tells her that unless she gets the wool as white as the daughter's, she can't come back.
Source: Textile Work Is Feminine -
PeeJee: I wash and I wash but I can still feel their stares on my skin... Assorted characters reactions to a number of sex-tinged fandoms.
Source: Webcomic / Something*Positive
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Wash and Can. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/can/wash
Can & Wash. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/can/wash>.
Wash or Can. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/can/wash.
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