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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

For 18 years, roly-poly George E. Allen bobbed around Washington like a pneumatic rubber horse; everybody liked to ride him and he was always good for a horse laugh.

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

Your little notes would make a horse laugh!

From He Who Gets Slapped A Play in Four Acts by Andreyev, Leonid Nikolayevich

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