street cry

British  

noun

1. (often plural) the cry of a street hawker

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street cry

With such a street cry, he did not lack subjects.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

The people in the street cry Romeo, Some Juliet, and some Paris; and all run, With open outcry, toward our monument.

From Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

But the grown ladies in the street cry shame upon her, and say: 'What a little fool!

From Norse Tales and Sketches by Alexander Lange Kielland

At the same season of the year, “Here’s your fine ripe water-melons” also made itself heard above the street noises as a street cry of entirely American origin.

From Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book by Rosalie Vrylina Halsey

Suddenly he pitched his voice at the prolonged rasping shout with which he made his street cry.

From McTeague by Frank Norris