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town crier

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town crier
n.
1. A person formerly employed by a town to proclaim announcements in the streets.
2. Informal A gossip.
town crier
n
(Historical Terms) (formerly) a person employed by a town to make public announcements in the streets
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Noun1.town crier - (formerly) an official who made public announcementstown crier - (formerly) an official who made public announcements
crier
announcer - someone who proclaims a message publicly
Translations
town crier [ˌtaʊnˈkraɪəʳ] n (Brit) → banditore/trice
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The Coppersmith is a bird who makes a noise exactly like the beating of a little hammer on a copper pot; and the reason he is always making it is because he is the town crier to every Indian garden, and tells all the news to everybody who cares to listen.
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Do you think newspapers and town criers are needed to tell a scout what is doing on the prairies, as they are in the bosom of the States?
The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
 
 
 
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