guffaw

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

A hearty, boisterous laugh; a horse laugh.


"You didn't let the Judge stray away from the swamp road?" inquired Hoss.

"Well, I predicate I didn't, for by this time he's travellin' into the diggins most amazin' innocently;" and then the pair enjoyed a regular guffaw!--Robb, Squatter Life, p. 75.

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