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

Several months passed, and then one of the brethren, a colporteur, came.

From Riches of Grace A Compilation of Experiences in the Christian Life by Byrum, E. E.

“I take but the proper price,” answered the colporteur, returning most of them to him.

From Count Ulrich of Lindburg A Tale of the Reformation in Germany by Kingston, William Henry Giles

So whispered a small vestry-man Unto a colporteur.

From Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von