1825–35; imitative; see ha-ha 1
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But their neighbors, the Bailey family, have spent the cold-war years lining their nests and crying haw-haw at C.D., except for daughter Lenore, who is devoted both to Chuck Conner and radiochemistry.
From Time Magazine Archive
These were also outside the haw-haw, having crossed it by another causeway at back.
From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne
And old Mr. Crow, who was noted for his rudeness, even burst out with a hoarse haw-haw.
From The Tale of Ferdinand Frog by Smith, Harry L.
The dear thing! thought Jones, who saw him, a tall, thin-lipped beast of a brute, with a haw-haw manner and an arrogant air.
From The Paliser case by Saltus, Edgar
As the haw-haw gate had already been opened, he passed through it without.
From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne
The last person to be convicted under the separate and more serious Treason Act of 1351 was William Joyce, a World War II Nazi propaganda broadcaster known as Lord Haw-Haw.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
West’s account of the trial of William Joyce, better known as Lord Haw-Haw, the British fascist and Nazi propagandist who was executed in 1946 for treason, is an odd read.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 2, 2017
Game changing news in the Fifa corruption war, as Qatar unveils its Lord Haw-Haw.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 4, 2014
After March 2 the others discovered why he was favored: he was released to become another Lord Haw-Haw on the Nazi short wave.
From Time Magazine Archive
Haw-Haw Langley moved towards the door, to give himself a free space for exit.
From The Night Horseman by Brand, Max
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