"laughathon" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1995, Paul Auster, Mr. Vertigo:",
          "text": "Oh, I had a jolly time in South Dakota, all right, a regular laughathon of nonstop fun and entertainment",
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          "ref": "2000, Mike Douglas, Thomas Kelly, Michael Heaton, I'll Be Right Back: Memories of TV's Greatest Talk Show:",
          "text": "They were already into that raucous rhythm that made their show a TV landmark. Nonstop jokes, topping each other, full speed ahead, no holds barred laughathon.",
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          "ref": "2002, Paul Auster, The Book of Illusion (page 208, ff)",
          "text": "No, not what you'd call your standard laugh-a-thons. But not too grim, I hope."
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          "ref": "2002, Terrence D. Haynes, Desert Norm: A Journal/Novel About the Gulf War, page 169:",
          "text": "It was a laughathon at Headquarters.",
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          "ref": "2004, Carrie Asai, The Book of the Shadow, page 36:",
          "text": "What if they were having a big laughathon over Heaven and her stupid crush?",
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        "Something very funny; a comedy session or period of great amusement."
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        "(informal) Something very funny; a comedy session or period of great amusement."
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          "word": "laughfest"
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        {
          "word": "riot"
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  "word": "laughathon"
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