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 Frank Norris

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

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 George Reid

Pilgrims" tells of a sacred caste in India who, when they go out into the street, cry out, "Poo!

From The Function of the Poet and Other Essays by James Russell Lowell