Meanings
nounlaughingstock (plural laughingstocks)
plural laughingstocks
- alternativeAlternative spelling of laughing stock.
Nothing had worked the way sheʼd wanted, and now she was the laughingstock of the family.
2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, pages 295–296
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laughingstock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laughingstock
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“laughingstock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laughingstock. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “laughingstock,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laughingstock.
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