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Noun

happy ending ‎(plural happy endings)

1. A clichéd conclusion in which all loose ends are tied up and all main characters are content. See also happily ever after.
   • 1930, Russell, Bertrand, The Conquest of Happiness:

     Life is not to be conceived on the analogy of a melodrama in which the hero and heroine go through incredible misfortunes for which they are compensated by a happy ending.

   • 1957 July 6, Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny, What's Opera, Doc?:

     Well, what did you expect in an opera? A happy ending?

   • 1987, Willy DeVille (music), “Storybook Love”:

     And she said: / "Don't you know that storybook loves, / Always have a happy ending."

2. (vulgar, slang, used euphemistically) A handjob, especially one after a massage.

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