Cork
Jail
Jail verb - To put in or as if in prison.
Both words in one sentence
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Lampshaded in Ernest Rides Again by the cork-popping noise it would make whenever he took it off, and it was an actual plot point in both Ernest Goes To Jail (Felix Nash refused to wear it) and Ernest Rides Again (it's abandoned by his kidnappers while the Crown of England was stuck on his head).
Source: Film / Ernest P. Worrell
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