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

“Ha, ha, ha!” he continued, in still louder cachinnation.

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

"We will soon learn the author of that unpleasant cachinnation," remarked the priest, quietly.

From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór

Something approaching a cachinnation of delight closed the professor’s contribution to the pandemonium, and eyewitnesses afterwards declared that for a moment the dignified scientist stood on one foot in the opening movement of a can-can.

From Max Carrados by Bramah, Ernest