the funnies
noun/ðə ˈfʌniz/
/ðə ˈfʌniz/
(also the funny papers
[plural] (North American English, informal)/ðə ˈfʌni peɪpəz/
/ðə ˈfʌni peɪpərz/
, the funny pages /ðə ˈfʌni peɪdʒɪz/
/ðə ˈfʌni peɪdʒɪz/
, the comics /ðə ˈkɒmɪks/
/ðə ˈkɑːmɪks/
)- the part of a newspaper where there are several comic strips (= series of drawings that tell a funny story)CultureUS Sunday newspapers print colour sections with longer comic strips. Most are funny, like Peanuts, but some tell adventure or crime stories, like Dick Tracy. The funnies have been a US tradition since the early 20th century.
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