Long Way Down

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flunky

a subordinate person who performs menial tasks for someone else

youth detention center

a prison for people under the age of majority (eighteen in the United States)

pliers

handheld pincher tool

clot

coagulate liquid, especially blood

shriek

high-pitched scream

draped

hung loosely

corner store

local convenience store

eczema

condition associated with itching, bleeding, inflamed skin

pus

opaque liquid of dead white blood cells made in infected tissue

inherited

received at the death of the previous owner

yellow tape

plastic caution tape police put up around crime scenes to keep the public out

galaxy

a system of millions or billions of stars; a large group of things

mourning

expression of sorrow for someone who has died

revenge

harm inflicted in retribution for a wrong suffered

hustler

aggressively enterprising person; a fraudster or swindler

Tupac Shakur

American rapper shot dead at the age of 25

Biggie Smalls

American rapper shot dead at the age of 24

anagram

a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase

cannon

informal term for a handgun

gat

informal term for a handgun

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