horselaugh
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
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That drew a horselaugh from veteran investor Jim Chanos, whose experience as a short-seller has given him a uniquely percipient feel for Wall Street foibles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2023
For Hastings’ heirs to try to whitewash it as though he’s a victim of cancel culture through this ridiculous lawsuit is worth a horselaugh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
As a reporter, Baker had been solemn and respect f til about the New Frontier; as a columnist, he gives it the horselaugh.
From Time Magazine Archive
From the grave of the Literary Digest, whose back was broken by its 1936 straw vote,* came a sepulchral horselaugh last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
Presently she said, “I’ll tell you what that reporter’s after. He wants to get the horselaugh on us because he thinks we’re nothing but a bunch of hayseeds and no-’count country people.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
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