comic cutn.

Brit.

/ˌkɒmɪk ˈkʌt/, U.S.

/ˌkɑmɪk ˈkət/

Forms: Also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: comic adj., cut n.²

Etymology: < comic adj. + cut n.²

1. A humorous drawing or engraving.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > a drawing > comic or cartoon

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1831 Mirror 17 Dec. 432 The Spirit of the Annuals for 1832: With Comic Cuts.

1881 Academy 8 Oct. 276/1 The August number contained something less usual in Harper—viz., some comic cuts of remarkable merit.

1883 Good Words 24 172 The drunken man is always the comic cut in the terrible book of life.

1918 Bookman Nov. 284/2 The paper in English was expected to make use of all the comic cuts which had earlier appeared in the paper in German.

2009 L. Brake & M. Demoor Dict. 19th-cent. Journalism 554/2 An artistic inventiveness that took his images far beyond the simple concept of a cartoon or ‘comic cut’.

2. In plural. The name of a popular comic (see comic n. 4b) published from 1890 to 1953. Also in extended use.

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1890 Birmingham Daily Post 10 May 9/7 There is to be yet another halfpenny weekly paper..as a rival to Mr Groves's now famous Short Cuts. The title of the new weekly will be Comic Cuts.

1908 H. G. Wells War in Air i. §2 He was making three shillings a week or more, and spending it on Chips, Comic Cuts, Ally Sloper's Half-Holiday, cigarettes, [etc.].

1942 Adelphi Jan. 58/1 Personality is what Churchill has,..what every comic-cuts of a policeman, parson or postman has.

1996 S. Deane Reading in Dark (1997) iii. 124 I was longing to get back home for..the weekly comic-cuts from Uncle Phonsie's shop.

2004 Daily Mail 23 Sept. 18/1 For too long, the LibDems have been written off as the comic cuts of British politics.

3. In plural. British Military slang. A derogatory nickname for: official armed services' Intelligence Summaries. Now historical.

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1915 Dame Mary Columban Irish Nuns at Ypres xix. 277 The official Intelligence Summary of our Division—published daily and known to the unregenerate as ‘Comic Cuts’.

1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 201 Of all the tabloid tales published last year in R.F.C. ‘Comic Cuts’, the most comic was that of a mist, a British bus, and a Boche General.

1929 F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 29 Comic Cuts, Admiralty Intelligence reports.

2013 J. Beach Haig's Intelligence xiv. 328 Intelligence summaries were known colloquialy as Comic Cuts, after a popular but downmarket publication.

Compounds

attributive.

C1. Relating to a humorous drawing or engraving.

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1891 Contemp. Rev. July 66 It was not until..the ‘comic cut’ idea was put aside, that he developed at the rapid rate which is so remarkable in looking over his work.

C2. Chiefly in plural (a) relating to Comic Cuts or similar publications. (b) in extended use: resembling or evocative of the absurd or ridiculous characters, situations, etc., in comic strips; laughable.

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1907 Contemp. Rev. Jan. 28 The success of the Comic Cuts type of paper has..led to the production of others of a similar kind by smaller firms.

1918 Athenæum Nov. 476/3 This letter..is reminiscent of the Comic Cuts parent who assures the boy whom he is flogging that ‘this hurts me as much as it does you.’

1959 Listener 19 Feb. 320/1 He was no comic-cuts figure winning votes as a simple rail-splitter who appealed to the common man.

1964 Economist 9 May 569/1 A comic-cut week of gruesome idiocy in Britain's Middle East policy.

2007 L. Ugolini Men & Menswear ix. 241 A Comic Cuts cartoon of 1908.

2013 Sun (Nexis) 12 Oct. 64 They had one foot in Rio after a comic cuts own goal from Montenegro defender Branko Boskovic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	comic cut
释义	comic cutn. Brit. /ˌkɒmɪk ˈkʌt/, U.S. /ˌkɑmɪk ˈkət/ Forms: Also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: comic adj., cut n.² Etymology: < comic adj. + cut n.² 1. A humorous drawing or engraving. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > a drawing > comic or cartoon drollery1600 comic cut1831 cartoon1843 comic strip1913 panel1920 strip1920 frame1932 strip cartoon1936 manhwa1988 1831 Mirror 17 Dec. 432 The Spirit of the Annuals for 1832: With Comic Cuts. 1881 Academy 8 Oct. 276/1 The August number contained something less usual in Harper—viz., some comic cuts of remarkable merit. 1883 Good Words 24 172 The drunken man is always the comic cut in the terrible book of life. 1918 Bookman Nov. 284/2 The paper in English was expected to make use of all the comic cuts which had earlier appeared in the paper in German. 2009 L. Brake & M. Demoor Dict. 19th-cent. Journalism 554/2 An artistic inventiveness that took his images far beyond the simple concept of a cartoon or ‘comic cut’. 2. In plural. The name of a popular comic (see comic n. 4b) published from 1890 to 1953. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1890 Birmingham Daily Post 10 May 9/7 There is to be yet another halfpenny weekly paper..as a rival to Mr Groves's now famous Short Cuts. The title of the new weekly will be Comic Cuts. 1908 H. G. Wells War in Air i. §2 He was making three shillings a week or more, and spending it on Chips, Comic Cuts, Ally Sloper's Half-Holiday, cigarettes, [etc.]. 1942 Adelphi Jan. 58/1 Personality is what Churchill has,..what every comic-cuts of a policeman, parson or postman has. 1996 S. Deane Reading in Dark (1997) iii. 124 I was longing to get back home for..the weekly comic-cuts from Uncle Phonsie's shop. 2004 Daily Mail 23 Sept. 18/1 For too long, the LibDems have been written off as the comic cuts of British politics. 3. In plural. British Military slang. A derogatory nickname for: official armed services' Intelligence Summaries. Now historical. ΚΠ 1915 Dame Mary Columban Irish Nuns at Ypres xix. 277 The official Intelligence Summary of our Division—published daily and known to the unregenerate as ‘Comic Cuts’. 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 201 Of all the tabloid tales published last year in R.F.C. ‘Comic Cuts’, the most comic was that of a mist, a British bus, and a Boche General. 1929 F. C. Bowen Sea Slang 29 Comic Cuts, Admiralty Intelligence reports. 2013 J. Beach Haig's Intelligence xiv. 328 Intelligence summaries were known colloquialy as Comic Cuts, after a popular but downmarket publication. Compounds attributive. C1. Relating to a humorous drawing or engraving. ΚΠ 1891 Contemp. Rev. July 66 It was not until..the ‘comic cut’ idea was put aside, that he developed at the rapid rate which is so remarkable in looking over his work. C2. Chiefly in plural (a) relating to Comic Cuts or similar publications. (b) in extended use: resembling or evocative of the absurd or ridiculous characters, situations, etc., in comic strips; laughable. ΚΠ 1907 Contemp. Rev. Jan. 28 The success of the Comic Cuts type of paper has..led to the production of others of a similar kind by smaller firms. 1918 Athenæum Nov. 476/3 This letter..is reminiscent of the Comic Cuts parent who assures the boy whom he is flogging that ‘this hurts me as much as it does you.’ 1959 Listener 19 Feb. 320/1 He was no comic-cuts figure winning votes as a simple rail-splitter who appealed to the common man. 1964 Economist 9 May 569/1 A comic-cut week of gruesome idiocy in Britain's Middle East policy. 2007 L. Ugolini Men & Menswear ix. 241 A Comic Cuts cartoon of 1908. 2013 Sun (Nexis) 12 Oct. 64 They had one foot in Rio after a comic cuts own goal from Montenegro defender Branko Boskovic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1831
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