cachinnations

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I may stroke my natiform chin sceptically at Shea's cachinnations, but if such things truly make him tripudiate

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  • I may stroke my natiform chin sceptically at Shea's cachinnations, but if such things truly make him tripudiate —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • The young trapper lay back in the saddle to give freer play to his lungs; and his loud cachinnations, varied at intervals by savage yells, caused our horses to dance about as if they anticipated an onslaught of Indians At first I could detect a significant smile at the angles formed by Rube's thin lips; but this disappeared as the laughter continued too long for his patience Cuss yur larfin!" —  The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse
  • They are to be overwhelmed with gigantic cachinnations, ducked in the dirtiest of drains, rolled over and over with rough horseplay, pelted with the least savoury of rotten eggs, not skilfully anatomized or pierced with dexterously directed needles. —  Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series
  • And he burst into shrill cachinnations. —  Cappy Ricks Retires
  • Enriched by a new and great experience, the torturer trotted on, leaving viperish cachinnations in his wake. —  The Flirt
 

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