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
Sometimes, indeed, they seemed to remember; and when the pseudo young crow began his racket at the bottom of some thick grove they would collect on a distant pine tree and haw-haw in vigorous answer.
From Ways of Wood Folk by Copeland, Charles
The people who had followed the soldiers were still outside the haw-haw; a file of troopers having been stationed by its gate to prevent their passing through.
From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne
I had all I could do to choke back a haw-haw.
From The House of Torchy by Brown, Arthur William
I'm supposed to be 'so amusin', doncherknow'—and consequently, everyone is expected to haw-haw whenever I open my mouth.
From Nancy of Paradise Cottage by Watkins, Shirley
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
Actually, Lord Haw-Haw is no better informed than any one of several other English speakers on the German radio.
From Time Magazine Archive
Haw-Haw Langley bit his thin lips and his eyes widened almost to the normal.
From The Night Horseman by Brand, Max
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