Jar
Short
Short noun - The location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed.
Both words in one sentence
- Another Daffy Duck short, "Boston Quackie", has this trope at the end, where the MacGuffin Daffy was delivering to the Slobovian ambassador turned out to be a jar of "Instant Girl".
Source: Instant People, Just Add Water -
Larry Niven's Known Space short story "Becalmed in Hell" has the brain jar of Eric Donovan, who was mortally wounded in an accident, installed in a spaceship designed to explore Venus.
Source: Wetware CPU - In another short, "Good Scouts", Donald Duck is bandaged from head to toe by his nephews, and as he tries to free himself he spills a jar of honey on himself.
Source: Shut Up Scary Thing
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