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n. - An episode that ends in suspense; A contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end.

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  • Im sick of 'cliffhanger' endings to movies, to sell tickets to sequels ...
  • Vanessa Whitburn, editor of The Archers, gave away its 'cliffhanger' ending on the
  • 'Iron Monk' Tony Abbott vows to campaign for 36 hours straight in 'cliffhanger' election
  • 'cliffhanger' that shows us what happened to the leader of said little group.
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