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

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

From McTeague by Norris, Frank

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 Shakespeare, William

There is, too, a pleasant touch of individuality in the musical street cry that wakes the morn.

From Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets by Reid, George

The war-time excitement in their cities seemed characteristic of this national soul: "Russia is the Mother of Servia" was the street cry of the marching throngs.

From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous