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horse laugh

British  

noun

  1. a coarse, mocking, or raucous laugh; guffaw

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Jim also gets a special prize for the best horse laugh of the night for declaring after Mitt had conceded that: "Now the president is going to say a few words."

From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2012

And the manner in which he does it provides a solid horse laugh at horse opera.

From Time Magazine Archive

The only help he got was a horse laugh.

From Time Magazine Archive

The crowd put its collective head back and laughed a horse laugh, cheered Mr. Hague more lustily than ever.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Hear the boy talk!" said the pedler, bursting into a horse laugh.

From Risen from the Ranks Harry Walton's Success by Alger, Horatio