Plug
Plug noun - Blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly.
References and plug are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "References" with "Plug", this nouns are similar.
References
Plug and references are semantically related in remark topic. Sometimes you can use "Plug" instead a noun "References".
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Teasing Creator: Josh Reynolds tosses a lot of references and payoffs to his previous books into Lord of the End Times... including a few to the Abhorash novel rounding out the Blood of Nagash series that GW pulled the plug on, which he refuses to explain.
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The crossed references needed to identify the true Grail -it's random every game- can be missed in Venice (by design if the wooden plug is removed before examining the contiguous room) and in the castle if Indiana didn't pick up the -inaccessible by then- painting at Henry's house.
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Plug references the trope saying that politicians get votes by kissing babies, so he goes to kiss some at a nursery.
Source: Comic Book / The Beano
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