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- noun Plural form of
laugher .
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Examples
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The loudest of the laughers was the young lieutenant whom they had nicknamed the Mussulman because of the Turkish turban he wore as officer of a regiment of Bosnians.
Menschen im Krieg. English Andreas Latzko 1909
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Because they are "laughers", like a 16-3 baseball game.
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From the quality of the print he dates the laughers to around 1910.
Out of Africa: National Archives seeks public help to identify empire-era pics 2011
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Movieweb reports that Jay and Mark Duplass, the men who brought you the indie laughers Baghead and The Puffy Chair, are set to write and direct another comedy called Jeff Who Lives at Home.
Duplass Brothers to Write and Direct New Comedy JEFF WHO LIVES AT HOME – Collider.com 2010
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I actually needed the occasional heckler (we had some loud laughers) to keep me in the theatre because I was so freaking scared!
Viewing enjoyment affected by very un- “Paranormal Activity” » Scene-Stealers 2009
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We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine and a whole galaxy of multicolored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers … Also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls.
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Can “a salt shaker half full of cocaine and a whole galaxy of multicolored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers” actually illuminate the point or does that style of writing completely miss it?
SXSW 2008: “We Are Wizards” and “Gonzo” » Scene-Stealers 2008
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A subset of those laughers are simultaneously rolling on the floor -- but still in numbers too large to tally.
Gene Weingarten: I hate Facebook sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much. . . 2010
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Here's one of Palin's big laughers from the interview.
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Here's one of Palin's big laughers from the interview.
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