comic cut
comic cut noun: a drawing or engraving of a humorous nature.
Noun
comic cut (plural comic cuts)
- A drawing or engraving of a humorous nature.
- The drunken man is always the comic cut in the terrible book of life, and an old soldier who knew Portsmouth well in those days, described to me how he had constantly seen men, in a hopeless state of muddled intoxication, climb the trees in Elm Grove under the delusion that they were going upstairs...1883, Ellice Hopkins, “Our Soldiers And Sailors At Home”, in Good Words, volume 24, page 172
- A humorist by necessity, he is a classic by feeling, and it was not until his imagination was allowed full play and the "comic cut" idea was put aside, that he developed at the rapid rate which is so remarkable in looking over his work.1891, “Punch And His Artists”, in Littell's Living Age, volume 190, page 441
Forms of comic cut
| plural | comic cuts |
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Origin of comic cut
Comic Cuts was a British comic magazine published from 1890 to 1953, though the term did exist earlier: see citations below.
Questions about comic cut
- What does comic cut mean?
- Comic cut means a drawing or engraving of a humorous nature.
- What part of speech is comic cut?
- Comic cut is a noun.
- What is the plural of comic cut?
- The plural of comic cut is comic cuts.
Words near comic cut in the dictionary
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