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
He laughed not very often, and when he did, with a sudden, loud haw-haw, hearty but somehow joyless, like an echo from a rock.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 by Stevenson, Robert Louis
But there is the haw-haw fence between them.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
Whenever anybody mentioned Daddy's name, Mr. Crow would haw-haw loudly and mutter something about "old Spindley Legs!"
From The Tale of Daddy Longlegs Tuck-Me-In Tales by Smith, Harry L.
Bountiful ran a black cart-colt, and made him leap the haw-haw.
From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Surtees, Robert Smith
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