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sticky end noun ▶ come to a sticky end- (of a person) to end up in prison, or to die an unpleasant (and unnatural) death; (thus, of an abstract or physical thing) to cease to exist, to be destroyed UK, 1961
- A profession which depends for its survival on a profession in direct competition is bound to come to a sticky end. — The Guardian, 26 October 1999
- [T]he pistol carries an ancient curse that afflicts all those who covet it. Almost everyone who picks up this gun–from the man who made it many years ago to the evil men who seek it now–will come to a sticky end. — The Guardian, 5 March 2001
- to masturbate AUSTRALIA, 1984
A pleasing pun.
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