funnies

funnies
comics com"ics (k[o^]m"[i^]ks), n. pl. The section of a newspaper containing mostly {comic strips}; -- called also {funnies} and {funny papers}. Many but not all newspapers have a comics section. [PJC]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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