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funny paper

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Definition of funny paper

: a comic section of a newspaper

First Known Use of funny paper

1918, in the meaning defined above

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“Funny paper.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funny%20paper. Accessed 15 December 2019.

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