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

He did not even hear the scornful cachinnation that followed it, for his attention was now entirely occupied with one individual—the youngest of the chiefs—the last in the line—Osceola.

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

“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