Word 1:puttee (puh TEE, PUHT ee)
Meaning 1: A cloth strip wrapped around the leg from ankle to knee.
Example Sentence: The puttee was worn like a bandage around the shins.
Word 2: putty (PUHT ee)
Meaning 1: A soft, sticky substance that becomes hard when it dries, used for fiving glass and filling cracks in wood.
Example Sentence: She filled the crack in the skirting with putty.
Meaning 2: Avery malleable person.
Example Sentence: At times they behave like putty in the hands of others.
Example Sentence using both words:
The puttee was like putty in the hard army shoes.
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