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A painter, a psychologist, and a policeman all walk into a carnival. They ask the cotton-candy man where they should go for a good laugh. He looks to the ring toss and then the fun house and shakes his head. Finally, he points to the caricaturist creating a portrait showing a woman with abnormally gigantic front teeth, chomping on a carrot.

Caricatures are drawings that make someone look funny or foolish by exaggerating their appearance or character. The word comes from the Italian word , which means “to load,” but it can also indicate exaggeration. These visual jokes on a page became

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