cachinnation

Example Sentences

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Every episode of Friends is accompanied by the cachinnation of the dead.

From The Guardian • Nov. 7, 2012

A vast deal of cachinnation ensues at his various predicaments in escaping these women, Hell-bent for matrimony.

From Time Magazine Archive

The smile broadens to a grin, the grin becomes a cachinnation, then, as he hugs the fun, the cachinnation deepens to a roar of laughter, and the thing is complete.

From Faces and Places by Lucy, Henry W. (Henry William), Sir

But, if he answered at 83 all, his reply was swallowed up in Dr. Denton's laugh, an insulting cachinnation, to say the least.

From Mavis of Green Hill by Baldwin, Faith

“Ha! ha! ha!” laughed the giant, with a cachinnation that resembled the neighing of a horse.

From The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Reid, Mayne