an imaginary family who originally appeared in a UScartoon strip and then in a humorous television programme and in films. They are very interested in death and frightening things, and think that they are normal even though they seem very strange to everyone else
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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