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English translation: cried / would cry [their wares]
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|  Selected response from: Robert Carter Mexico Local time: 05:35 | ||||||
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| 3 +5 | cried / would cry [their wares] |
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| 4 +1 | began touting their wares |
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| 3 | hawked |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1began touting their wares Explanation: One option. Pregonar: Anunciar en voz alta la mercancía o el género que se lleva para vender. Pregón: m. Promulgación o publicación que en voz alta se hace en los sitios públicos de algo que conviene que todos sepan. Links to references below: "Trinket sellers lined the road, touting their wares, and William noted them with a flicker of anxiety, and kept on walking" "The curtain rises on a modern-day flea market with sellers touting their wares and an accordion duo entertaining the crowd" https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=L52bDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT88&lpg=PT88&dq=%22touting+their+wares%22&source=bl&ots=VnBFzlQbj4&sig=8qHs9GpLn15Zjqs https://www.vancouveropera.ca/la-boheme/ |
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24 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +5
peer agreement (net): +5cried / would cry [their wares] Explanation: This refers to street cries of itinerant merchants selling their goods or wares on the street. At first I couldn't think of a way to put this in English, probably because it's rarely talked about anymore in English-speaking countries, but I found this reference in the Wikipedia entry for "street cries": The 19th century social commentator, Henry Mayhew describes a Saturday night in the New Cut, a street in Lambeth, south of the river; "Lit by a host of lights… the Cut was packed from wall to wall… The hubbub was deafening, the traders all crying their wares with the full force of their lungs against the background din of a horde of street musicians". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_cries There may be a better way of putting it, but I can't think of one right now. By the way, it's still common here in Mexico to see or hear street hawkers, particularly tamale sellers (tamaleros) in the evening on tricycles with this famous recording playing "...pida sus ricos y deliciosos tamales oaxaqueños, hay tamales oaxaqueños, tamales calientitos..." or others, such as pastry sellers (paneros) and people selling gas, water, or other services. |
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