colporteur

Example Sentences

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A colporteur was reading the parable of the Prodigal Son in a Paris cafe much frequented by North African workmen.

From Time Magazine Archive

And the colporteur helps Vincent find permanent lodging with a farming family in Wasmes, the community he's serving.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

"Call it what you please," said the Vermont colporteur.

From Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches by Harris, Joel Chandler

This colporteur has a keen, clean mind—any one can see that—and I like him for his childlike straightness of soul.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

A few weeks later on I had occasion to be in the market-place, and I purchased another copy of the same colporteur, which I read with greater caution.

From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.