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

Its extraordinary note, and insane and yet good-humoured prolonged and loud cachinnation is unique, and so is the appearance of the bird.

From Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil by Willoughby, Howard

“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