Laughers

The Laughers have a peculiar voice, supposed to resemble a laugh.

Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

I have kept two varieties of Laughers, which differed only in one variety being turn-crowned; the smooth-headed kind, for which I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. Brent, besides its peculiar note, used to coo in a singular and pleasing manner, which, independently, struck both Mr. Brent and myself as resembling that of the turtle-dove.

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Charles Darwin 1845

In the last chapter I stated that Trumpeters and Laughers, both so remarkable for their voices, seem to have been perfectly characterized in 1735; and Laughers were apparently known in India before the year 1600.

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Charles Darwin 1845

Sometimes you have a Set of Whisperers, who lay their Heads together in order to sacrifice every Body within their Observation; sometimes a Set of Laughers, that keep up an insipid Mirth in their own Corner, and by their Noise and Gestures shew they have no Respect for the rest of the Company.

The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays Joseph Addison 1695

Popularity, they run, without Distinction, into Company, and by too great Condescention and false Humanity, mingle in inferior and unworthy Assemblies; where delighted with the silly Approbation of ignorant Laughers, they shine forth in a great Effusion of Wit and

Essay upon Wit Sir Richard Blackmore 1695

Who, if anyone, will the Just For Laughers choose for a future festival?

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Laughers, buffoons, with an unthinking crowd Of gaudy fools, impertinent and loud,

A select collection of poems; with notes, biographical and historical .. 1780

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a wise one, and Ridicule and Satyr, that entertain the Laughers, often put solid Reason and useful Science out of Countenance.

Essay upon Wit Sir Richard Blackmore 1695

"No, Jerry, no," returned the other, blowing out a cloud of smoke; "misfort'nates ain't all the same -- (arter you wi 'that bottle!) -- you' ave Cryers, and Laughers, and Pray-ers, and Silent

The Broad Highway Jeffery Farnol 1915