laughing hyena
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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 striped or ferocious hyena, called the shard-wolf, and another which the colonists call the bay-wolf, and which I believe to be the one known as the laughing hyena.
From The Mission by Marryat, Frederick
"Let her away, you laughing hyena," he yelled to the unlucky Sylvanus, who regained his mental balance and laid his back to the tiller the other way.
From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John
You can't make a household pet out of a laughing hyena.
From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert
"Remember the laughing hyena?" demanded the owner, angrily.
From Best Short Stories by Masson, Thomas L.
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