"cachinnation" meaning in English

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          "text": "Mr. Palmer had a keen perception of the ludicrous; he was naturally a humourist, which was indicated by a peculiar twinkle of the eye-lid at those times when he determined to repress a hearty cachinnation, and pursue the subject that tickled him to its utmost.",
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          "text": "His shrill, mirthless cachinnation followed Monica as she headed up-hill.",
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          "text": "After midnight their shrill notes burst into a kind of pandemoniac cachinnation which filled all the countryside, and not until dawn did they finally quiet down.",
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