FUNNIES


Meaning of FUNNIES in English

( also the funny papers , the funny pages , the comics ) n [ pl ] ( AmE )

the section of a newspaper containing comic strips . US 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.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.