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

Snarls, and yaps, and yelps, and squawks, and guffaws, and sometimes the cachinnation and crow of cocks, broke upon the clear air.

From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir

The fact that I was passing him the merry cachinnation peeved him vastly.

From Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager by Standish, Burt L.

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