cachinnation

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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

Then Jones brought forth a sickly cachinnation which stopped at the first note; for it made the sword to penetrate his skin.

From The Way of the Gods by Long, John Luther

Though kings may tumble, No howitzers can rumble, No sounds but cachinnation Can boom from Darling's Court.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 21, 1914 by Various

Despite the gloomy thoughts passing within, her manner and the odd menace compelled Gallagher to break into laughter—though his laugh was far short of the hearty cachinnation she had been accustomed to hear from him.

From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne