funny book

nounOlder Use.

Origin of funny book

First recorded in 1945–50

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All well and good, but maybe we could spare some of that money for a Federal Comic Novel Project in hopes of adding to America’s reserve of funny books.
We need comic novels more than ever. So where are they? | Ron Charles | May 27, 2021 | Washington Post
It’s a sweet, funny book, perfect for taking along on your trip home.
Spring reads, from gothic to poetry | Terri Schlichenmeyer | March 10, 2021 | Washington Blade
Yes, this funny book is not only critical of the Irish boom—it might even be prescient.
This Week’s Hot Reads: Feb. 10, 2014 | Jimmy So | February 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
This is a truly funny book with lightning-quick dialogue and these two wonderful characters.
Sloane Crosley’s Depressing Beach Reads | Sloane Crosley | July 1, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Oh, nothing much—a so-called funny book—one of these days I'll write a funnier book than that, myself.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow Paine

I have been trying to write a funny book, with dead people and sickness everywhere.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow Paine
There was a funny book in circulation among students in that day.
Child Life in Colonial Days | Alice Morse Earle
Either he is helped by that funny book-girl, Alice from Wonderland, or by some of her friends.
Uncle Wiggily in Wonderland | Howard R. Garis
He said he wanted a funny book, with pictures in it and a blue cover.
Remarks | Bill Nye

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