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In some communities, communication is akin to a town crier on a picnic table amid where people can safely gather for updates.
—Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Oct. 2024
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Meanwhile on the Republican ticket ...
From Never Trumper to MAGA town crier, Vance evolves, and ascends as Trump’s vice presidential pick.
—Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
But there’s reason to wonder whether his profession—like that of lamplighters, town criers, and cigarette girls—might be a thing of the past.
—Andrew O’Hagan, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
Avedon wanted not only to detect the pulse, with a physician’s intimate solicitude, but to amplify and announce it, like a town crier.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
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First Known Use
1560, in the meaning defined above
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“Town crier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/town%20crier. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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town crier
noun
: an official who makes public announcements
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