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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

With his horse laugh and his wizardry at impressions, he rose to eminence as the little guy who can take charge.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

For these hopefuls, eager to seize any advantage in their Party's defeat, James A. Farley had only a horse laugh.

From Time Magazine Archive

My arrival, the decided tone of my speech, made the wild troop hesitate for a minute; but immediately afterwards a scornful horse laugh resounded.

From Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague by Spiegfried Kohn

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