laughing hyena
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Again that sound from Devey's corner which Hasluck had described as "a laughing hyena with the toothache"; and again all eyes went to Devey.
From The Hero of Garside School by James Harwood Panting
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 Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
"Remember the laughing hyena?" demanded the owner, angrily.
From Best Short Stories by Thomas L. Masson
The laughing hyena had to be carried into the Ark and put to bed for fear she would laugh herself to death.
From The Cruise of the Noah's Ark by David Cory
I come in singing, not knowing anything, and Abby calls me a laughing hyena; and I am scarcely in the room before you set me down as a savage!
From Daisy Burns (Volume 1) by Julia Kavanagh
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