horse laugh
Britishnoun
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In the NBA or baseball, this would get you the horse laugh for fake confidence.
From Washington Post
“He’s dead,” Chief White Halfoat gloated, with a horse laugh entangled in phlegm.
From Literature
The Appeal: Just off the el train at 58th and State, this is where the mopes and bums'll give you the horse laugh for going to a swell dance with a hot dame, and where gassing with the wrong punks is liable to get you pasted in the mush.
From The Guardian
It didn't take much for Gwynn to cackle or break into a horse laugh.
From US News
It didn’t take much for Gwynn to cackle or break into a horse laugh.
From Washington Times
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