laughing hyena
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Let us go to Sunny Italy, which is called Sunny Italy for the same reason that the laughing hyena is called the laughing hyena—not because he laughs so frequently, but because he laughs so seldom.
From Europe Revised by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
And yet, how weary had he become of describing to his gaping audience, for the three hundred and sixtieth time, the daily habits of the laughing hyena, and the exact manner in which kangaroos jump!
From The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories by Child, Lydia Maria Francis
They went to the theater, and when Montgomery sprang a joke or Stone did a fall Miss Dunlap showed her appreciation after the fashion of a laughing hyena.
From Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
The laughing hyena heard near the folds last night.
From Six Months at the Cape by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
You can't make a household pet out of a laughing hyena.
From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert
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