Poor
Stick
Stick verb - To hold to something firmly as if by adhesion.
Both words in one sentence
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Heavily lampshaded, followed by him ripping the poor thing off its stick with his teeth.
Source: Web Video / Brad Tries... -
Poor Tom Bergeron repeatedly gets the short end of the stick in the first broadcast episode.
Source: Series / The Muppets - Most of them found ways to retaliate and stick up for themselves, but poor little Kisa was so traumatized, she stopped talking for a long time.
Source: Kids Are Cruel / Anime and Manga
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