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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

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

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

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

"Honi soit qui mal y pense!" said she, bursting into a horse laugh.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 03 by Edgeworth, Maria