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horse laugh

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The only help he got was a horse laugh.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The traveller pulled an insurance ticket out of his breeches pocket, exclaiming, “Don’t you see I’ve insured my life?” and with that he set up a horse laugh, and sunk back into his corner. 

From Railway Adventures and Anecdotes extending over more than fifty years by Various

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