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Advice for strivers criers: Have fun with it — town criers are often needed distractions from the heavy things in life, says Fiore-Walker.
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Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
Merchants and town criers shout out at you from every corner, while characters debate and fight as pickpockets roam the streets.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
In centuries past, a town crier would read out the news or announcements to villagers, many of them illiterate.
—Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
Yes, that modern-day town crier appears on our map.
—Corey Hutchins, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025
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Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
Merchants and town criers shout out at you from every corner, while characters debate and fight as pickpockets roam the streets.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
In centuries past, a town crier would read out the news or announcements to villagers, many of them illiterate.
—Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
Yes, that modern-day town crier appears on our map.
—Corey Hutchins, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for town crier
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“Town crier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20crier. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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