Hold
Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.
Pour
Pour verb - To cause to flow in a stream.
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Both words in one sentence
- Mindlink Mates: Part of a Faerie marriage ceremony is to hold hands and pour a magic potion over them, which gives the couple a temporary ability to read each other's minds.
Source: Literature / The Faerie Path - He says that, like every other TV-watching man, he knows that you hold a tampon in your fist and pour dark blue liquid on it (Anton's reply was cut out from the English translation).
Source: Different for Girls - Then they would pour vinegar into it and hold the non- or ex-emperor's face over it until their corneas were scarred over by the vinegar vapor.
Source: Eye Scream / Real Life
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