Can
Can verb - To let go from office, service, or employment.
Wax
Wax verb - To coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction.
Both words in one sentence
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Old Man McGucket asks her if the wax figures are alive, and how he can survive the wax man uprising.
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The first two, as seen in The Odyssey, are to stuff your ears with wax so you can't hear the song or be tied up so you can't go to them.
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Wax in From Paris with Love can strip a gun in the hands of someone else, while it's being pointed at him.
Source: Gun Stripping
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