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

He then became a colporteur of religious books, when he suffered much from his friends, yet lived so economically that he managed to save sufficient money to enable him to study for the ministry.

From Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by B.D.

The latter individual is the forerunner of the colporteur, who will bring you, if you wish poetry, an edition of the works of Shakespeare which is peculiarly ill-adapted for holding in the hand and reading.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner

The colporteur was very pale, but he seemed to be cool.

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