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< laughline
Laughton, Charles >
laugh·ter
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t
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KEY
NOUN:
The act of laughing.
The sound produced by laughing.
Archaic
A cause or subject for laughter.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English
hleahtor
Thesaurus: synonyms for laughter
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