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funnies
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
funnies
(noun)
funny
(adjective)
funnies
/
ˈ
fʌniz/
noun
funnies
/
ˈ
fʌniz/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of FUNNIES
the funnies
US, informal
:
the comic strips in a newspaper
:
the part of a newspaper that has comic strips
They enjoyed reading
the funnies
[=
the comics
] in the Sunday newspapers.
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