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Definition

To die unpleasantly due to one's actions.

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In Context

  • "Newbery in England and Isaiah Thomas in the U.S.A. insisted that their books for children were of a high moral tone. Children had to be good in order to escape from hell, and most bad children came to a very sticky end."
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