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  1. noun A drawing depicting a humorous situation, often accompanied by a caption.
  2. noun A drawing representing current public figures or issues symbolically and often satirically: a political cartoon.
  3. noun A preliminary sketch similar in size to the work, such as a fresco, that is to be copied from it.
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  • Nai Dang's must have been an original and independent mind, for his conceptions in this cartoon are as bold as his handling is vigorous and effective, while his colors are more true to nature than any that I have seen in Chinese or Japanese art. —  THE ENGLISH GOVERNESS AT THE SIAMESE COURT
  • While some found the satire racist, the Herald argued that the cartoon was an attempt to attack racism rather than promote it. —  Badger Herald: News Updates
  • The other cartoon was the political cartoons that Jules Feiffer used to do for the Village Voice. —  Everyday Citizen
  • When you have to explain a cartoon to several thousand people, the cartoon is a failure. —  FUGville Weblogs
  • Q When it comes to "Dilbert," do you ever feel as if the cartoon is therapy for people? —  WREG - CLICK HERE FOR MORE LOCAL NEWS
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  1. French carton, drawing, from Italian cartone, pasteboard; see carton.

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  1. from French carton, from Italian cartone = Spanish carton = Portuguese cartão, from Middle Latin *carto(n-), pasteboard, a cartoon, augmentative of carta, paper: see card.
  2. from cartoon, n.
 

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